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Is there anyone here that has been subjected to this demeaning practice?  I know I would never give Yrma the pleasure of looking down her ski slope at me.  lupina |
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I wouldn't not curtsey to anyone either. I like to see how they do it but I leave it for the wannabe royals.
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"You can never be too rich or too thin" - HRH The Duchess of Windsor Cambridge
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Is there anyone here that has been subjected to this demeaning practice? I know I would never give Yrma the pleasure of looking down her ski slope at me. lupina Mary?? Oh Hell to the MF'ing NO! The best Mary's getting from me is the royal bird. I started to say, I might throw a pie at her, but why waste a perfectly good pie?  |
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"The only valid censorship of ideas is the right of people not to listen." ~Tommy Smothers
I agree. If you don't like what I have to say, feel free to press the ignore button.
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I'm old-fashioned, but I don't so much mind the idea of curtsying (not that I've ever had occasion to do it). You don't curtsy so much to QEII or to Mary or whoever as you curtsy to the position of Queen of England or Crown Princess of Denmark. I see the positions as national institutions worthy of respect, as long as I respect the country they represent. To me curtsying is the same as standing for the national anthem.  |
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But that would mean that you respect the monarchy as an ok form of government. I doubt that you would be irrespectful if instead of curtseying you shake their hand. Curtseying means that you are not equal to the person you are curtseying to.  |
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"You can never be too rich or too thin" - HRH The Duchess of Windsor Cambridge
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I had to curtsey to QUEII, in 1966; when she made a State Visit to Belgium, I was at the time working for the British Embassy; it didn't embarass me at all. We had special lessons with the Ambassador's wife!!!!
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In reality, hope is the worst of all evils, it prolongs the torments of man. F.Nietzche
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Why should you be embarrassed? And I'm sure that your curtsey was beautiful  (Long time no see Zinzen, I hope you will be here for the wedding!) But was it compulsory? Nowdays AFAIK it's not needed to curtsey to the queen. |
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Yes it was, if I could avoided the ceremony I would have preferred because at that thime I was very shy, but now I'm proud I met that Grande Dame I was also introduced to Princess Margareth and Lord Snowdon. The Royal sisters were beautiful ladies, and I don't mention the Duke of Edinbourgh  |
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In reality, hope is the worst of all evils, it prolongs the torments of man. F.Nietzche
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But that would mean that you respect the monarchy as an ok form of government. I doubt that you would be irrespectful if instead of curtseying you shake their hand. Curtseying means that you are not equal to the person you are curtseying to. I do respect the system of monarchy (constitutional monarchy) as an ok form of government, if it's what the majority of people in a country want. I don't think it means you're not equal in worth as a person - if I thought that, I wouldn't do it - but I'm okay with it meaning I'm not equal in rank, because I'm not. |
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I went to a convent school and we were taught to curtsey to our teachers and to any sister we encountered in the hallways. We also curtseyed at the end of our various musical performances. Nothing demeaning about this, simply a sign of respect. And no, there was none of that silly holding out the corners of our dresses you see when you see little girls performing what I consider a travesty of a curtsey on stage.
In ballet classes, we always finished with a ``reverance,'' which is a ballet curtsey. We would then applaud our teacher. Nothing demeanng about this either.
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It implies that one thinks that they are inferior to the person they are curtseying to, I only curtsey to the mirror in the mornings
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Advice to my Brother on his wedding day
Never say
I know you do
I've had better
Did you say something
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It implies that one thinks that they are inferior to the person they are curtseying to, I only curtsey to the mirror in the mornings
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In my part of Nigeria we curtsey to our elders i.e. old people, it is a show of respect. Even if the person you are curtseying to isn't worthy of your respect to not do so would be a slight against you.
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