Basic Manners and Etiquette

1. Wedding rituals: Here are some of the stories behind the traditions.
2. Dining Etiquette Articles: Looking for A good place to start? Looksmart's list of etiquette resources on the Web is a great resource.
3. Tips for Dining with Americans and Canadians: All travelers, except for a dysfunctional few, want to avoid attracting negative
4. attention, and "improper" dining is one of the easiest ways to disgust people.
5. Good Housekeeping: Etiquette for Today -- "Is it OK to e-mail a Thank You?" What do you think the experts say?
6. Teach your kids manners, please: Seems these days our social skills have been shelved right along with the good china and  crystal, waiting for a special occasion to use them.
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7. Conversational Terrorism: Here's a few key words or phrases to toss out like a grenade to embarrass or humiliate the other person.
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8. Etiquette In Society, In Business, In Politics and at Home by Emily Post -- Ideal conversation should be a matter of equal give and take, but too often it is all "take."
9. Youth's Educator for Home and Society (1896): The manners that win respect must be taught in the home circle. A child who has pleasant, courteous parents, who seek to inculcate simple maxims of good behavior is fortunate, and starts out in life at an advantage over the one who is not so instructed.
10. Ralph Waldo Emerson: Selections from his writings on the subject of manners. "Half the world, it is said, knows not how the other half live."