New Posts For Thread: Can I get......https://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30963271/can-i-get.....took my youngest daughter and family for lunch today.Daughter to waitress......"Can I get a glass of dry white wine"?I was mortified, and that is what you get for working with an American company!You do the math!!The European Commission has just announced an agreement whereby English will be the official language of the European Union rather than German, which was the other possibility. As part of the negotiations, the British Government conceded that Englishhttps://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30963271/can-i-get?post_id=553148059#553148059The European Commission has just announced an agreement whereby English will be the official language of the European Union rather than German, which was the other possibility. As part of the negotiations, the British Government conceded that EnglishMon, 27 Nov 2017 09:25:25 -0600Bet she wished that she ordered the bottlehttps://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30963271/can-i-get?post_id=553147837#553147837Bet she wished that she ordered the bottleMon, 27 Nov 2017 08:28:06 -0600As has been said, the language is developing all the time.Some things expressed correctly in print, don't seem correct when spoken..For instance "which cinema are we going to"?If you said "to which cinema are we going"..... people would look at you,https://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30963271/can-i-get?post_id=553147809#553147809As has been said, the language is developing all the time.Some things expressed correctly in print, don't seem correct when spoken..For instance "which cinema are we going to"?If you said "to which cinema are we going"..... people would look at you,Mon, 27 Nov 2017 08:21:28 -0600Well done Lady FV, you're the only one who has added please to the end of your request.Good manners and drives me mad when people don't say it.https://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30963271/can-i-get?post_id=553147571#553147571Well done Lady FV, you're the only one who has added please to the end of your request.Good manners and drives me mad when people don't say it.Mon, 27 Nov 2017 07:11:01 -0600I think it's different, for some reason, at the bar!No need for 'may I', 'can I', 'I would like' etc....I would usually just say 'a pint of Stella please' after usual courtesies in greeting!https://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30963271/can-i-get?post_id=553147211#553147211I think it's different, for some reason, at the bar!No need for 'may I', 'can I', 'I would like' etc....I would usually just say 'a pint of Stella please' after usual courtesies in greeting!Mon, 27 Nov 2017 04:46:41 -0600'Can I get two pints of Lager, and one White Wine, please?' That sounds better to me than 'May I get two pints of Lager, and one White Wine, please?' They're both polite.Another wrong one that I use, and also prefer is 'Me and the Missus' as opposedhttps://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30963271/can-i-get?post_id=553146873#553146873'Can I get two pints of Lager, and one White Wine, please?' That sounds better to me than 'May I get two pints of Lager, and one White Wine, please?' They're both polite.Another wrong one that I use, and also prefer is 'Me and the Missus' as opposedMon, 27 Nov 2017 00:31:57 -0600Well I was assuming by your forum name you are a male and as you had used the term barmen I followed suit albeit earlier I had been pc with my barperson. Over to you.https://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30963271/can-i-get?post_id=553146311#553146311Well I was assuming by your forum name you are a male and as you had used the term barmen I followed suit albeit earlier I had been pc with my barperson. Over to you.Sun, 26 Nov 2017 16:45:48 -0600I agree with 11kv.https://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30963271/can-i-get?post_id=553146301#553146301I agree with 11kv.Sun, 26 Nov 2017 16:42:28 -0600I'm not a barman. Barkeeper or bartender maybe.https://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30963271/can-i-get?post_id=553146271#553146271I'm not a barman. Barkeeper or bartender maybe.Sun, 26 Nov 2017 16:35:31 -0600either way you don't often meet overly pedantic bar menThat's correct unless you're a barman.https://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30963271/can-i-get?post_id=553146257#553146257either way you don't often meet overly pedantic bar menThat's correct unless you're a barman.Sun, 26 Nov 2017 16:29:49 -0600