table manners

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Ulf was reacting to being reprimanded for his table manners but he could have been talking to the writers’ room.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 5, 2024

That was true in 1985 and it’s arguably even truer now, which is why it’s perhaps tempting to declare table manners, or even just general manners, dead.

From Salon • Nov. 15, 2023

In the two-minute video, Paddington guzzles tea in front of the queen, before offering a spare marmalade sandwich to make up for his poor table manners.

From Washington Times • Sep. 20, 2022

Through her lessons on table manners and etiquette, Ms. Allen “became the Emily Post of Halsted Street,” as Tribune theater critic Chris Jones wrote in 2015, reviewing the premiere of “Charm” at Steppenwolf in Chicago.

From Washington Post • Jun. 27, 2022

I knew a little from our infrequent stays with Baron Greyfallow, and thought I was quite genteel enough without having to memorize forms of address, table manners, and the elaborate snarled rankings of the peerage.

From "The Name of the Wind" by Patrick Rothfuss