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Common etiquette says that you dont wear hats indoors unless you are in service or a woman, I heard somewhere.
by harperlee 6y ago
Common etiquette says that you dont wear hats indoors unless you are in service or a woman, I heard somewhere.
- kwhitefoot 6y ago> in service Interesting; in British English in service applied to a human being means in domestic service, like the servants in Downton Abbey; applied to inanimate objects it means that they are functioning or that a bus, for instance, is ready to take passengers. This isn't meant to say that your way of saying it is wrong by the way.
- 0xffff2 6y agoI'm pretty sure that's the meaning GP was going for. The only other meaning I can think of would be "serving in the military", which (in the US at least) would be "in the service" and anyway members of the military also remove their hats indoors except in certain specific circumstances.
- harperlee 6y agoI meant arms service; in military/police duty. Probably mistranslation from spanish “de servicio”!