WAITRESSES AS LINGUISTS
Holiday makers in France arc familiar with the waiter and waitress with a word or two of English, and in nianr eases one can guess from the accent and choice of words the source of their linguistic accomplishments. In the small Pyrenean cafe, for instance. the visitor ordered coffee at the end of his meal, and was asked in French if he wanted it at once. And. on his failure to understand, a smiling waitress put the question into English for him. “Right now?” she asked.
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New Zealand Times, Volume LIII, Issue 12609, 20 November 1926, Page 7
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89WAITRESSES AS LINGUISTS New Zealand Times, Volume LIII, Issue 12609, 20 November 1926, Page 7
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