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Friday, 19 November 2010

Updated for the family :False friends department :Educated?



Let's start :
Schools EDUCATE people
(Till they are first literate and numerate, then trained, learned, and knowledgeable .............. for  details             see:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BU6YeH1nlvs   )

 So: An educated person has a good Academic record-and it shows!

They aren't uneducated.






Contrast: 

Parents BRING UP their children aka kids.
(Esp. In the USA,  we also say to  RAISE kids and to REAR kids)  
Parents(noun) are always parenting!(intransitive verb)! = bringing up kids= giving kids an upbringing =raisng kids =rearing kids.
(Cf"to father" a child =engendrar, to mother  a child = miar , probably overprtectively when they are grownup)




SO Their children can be Well-brought-up people....
(wellraised, wellreared,wellbred) They Behave well.





OR Badly-broughtup!A child like this is a BRAT!


If they are wellbroughtup aka wellreared aka wellraised ake well-bred
They have Good Manners.
They mind their manners.They are polite.

For example
It isnt't good manners, it's Bad Manners to pick your nose, yawn or scratch your head: 
You will be considered ill-bred! -or badly broughtup! -or rude ! - or impolite!
BBC :Beijingers told to mind their manners
"Beijing citizens have been told not to          ?           when talking to foreigners during the Olympics.
They have also been given a list of things not to ask overseas visitors...+ Subjects to avoid.../."



If you must yawn, etc cover your mouth!

 Check: http://www.acceptabletiquette.com












while  we're  on the subject of Etiquette, or How to behave, or Good manners:Here's a hit from the 50s. Disney put the music in the "PeterPan"film, but not the words:http://www.blogger.com/post-edit.g?blogID=6958155265045111306&postID=6743532920590573126        


MORE  on the family 
To look like is for appearance, mostly
A lookalike is a synonym for a double, especialy talking about celebs.
to take after is inheriting some characteristic(s)
A "Chip off the old block " is someone identical,almost ,to their parent/forebear in appearance or behaviour or achievements , or all three.

Like father, like son, or like mother like daughter, sayings to indicate such
 Press image to go to more celeb "chips off the old block"



The telegraph captioned the above  as Brookln Beckham"TAKING AFTER"
his father(Beckham)in Football skills
Learning Suggestion : if this vocabulary is OTT for you, try personalizing it all :apply it to yourself, friends, relatives....
eg John's a chip off the old block, he and his father both...























Finally some disconnected odds and ends from PROES and desdobles.



I sell fish .He is selfish


reckless behaviour, etc
Animated Waitress or maid running with the teapot: free Labor Day gif animations.

Animated person working on a computer on a desk: free Labor Day gif animations of a funny office worker.
bmx animated gifreckless 




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