tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8535237502203989352.post4605887202111333025..comments2024-03-20T00:16:36.264-07:00Comments on 2nd Sex: Baxandall, Historian of the social nature of artLillie Yifuhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10647849826458298630noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8535237502203989352.post-26085832683193602842008-08-31T17:37:00.000-07:002008-08-31T17:37:00.000-07:00Reference to a person of poor manners, in England ...Reference to a person of poor manners, in England a reference to people from the north. The idea was to pour coffee or tea into a saucer to let it cool a bit. It was considered bad manners, and something only country would do.Lillie Yifuhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10647849826458298630noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8535237502203989352.post-79322555332916694392008-08-31T13:01:00.000-07:002008-08-31T13:01:00.000-07:00Nice thoughtful post, thank you!I remember reading...Nice thoughtful post, thank you!<BR/><BR/>I remember reading a passage of some early XXth century author, and reading of someone sitting "in his shirtsleeves, drinking from a saucer" I was sure I was supposed to draw some social conclusion from that, but I hadn't the foggiest idea what it was...Dale Innishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02771522211082181738noreply@blogger.com