Received: from ELI.CS.YALE.EDU by NEBULA.SYSTEMSZ.CS.YALE.EDU via SMTP; Fri, 29 Oct 1993 14:06:04 -0400 Received: from YALEVM.YCC.YALE.EDU by eli.CS.YALE.EDU via SMTP; Fri, 29 Oct 1993 14:05:58 -0400 Message-Id: <199310291805.AA03827@eli.CS.YALE.EDU> Received: from CUVMB.CC.COLUMBIA.EDU by YaleVM.YCC.Yale.Edu (IBM VM SMTP V2R2) with BSMTP id 1551; Fri, 29 Oct 93 14:03:48 EDT Received: from CUVMB.COLUMBIA.EDU by CUVMB.CC.COLUMBIA.EDU (Mailer R2.07) with BSMTP id 7939; Fri, 29 Oct 93 14:06:56 EDT Date: Fri, 29 Oct 1993 14:01:00 EDT Reply-To: protin@USL.COM Sender: Lojban list From: Art Protin Subject: Re: Bus boys: two nations divided by a common language X-To: lojban@cuvmb.cc.columbia.edu To: Erik Rauch Status: RO X-Status: X-From-Space-Date: Fri Oct 29 10:01:00 1993 X-From-Space-Address: @YaleVM.YCC.YALE.EDU:LOJBAN@CUVMB.BITNET Nick Nicholas quotes & comments > To Matthew Faupel respond I thus: > > #JC: Now I have discovered that the proper British equivalent is > #JC: "commis waiter" (rhymes with "Tommy"). I got this from a neat > #JC: little book by Norman Moss, a Briton raised/reared in the U.S., > #JC: called >British/American LanguageDictionary< (no flames about > #JC: that title, please). > #Never heard of "commis waiter" in my life I'm afraid - I'd have a > #better chance of understanding "bus boy" than that. > > Me neither. In this country, that's what waiters do... The difference between waiters and busboys is waiters wait on customers, in ways like taking orders, bringing food, bringing the bill, etc; busboys "bus" the tables, cleaning away the plates, utensils, change the linens, layout a clean setup, but rarely do busboys deal directly with customers. thank you all, Arthur Protin Arthur Protin STANDARD DISCLAIMER: The views expressed are strictly those of the author and are in no way indictative of his employer, customers, or this installation.