10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «THE DONE THING»
Discover the use of
the done thing in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
the done thing and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
This is a book for those who unashamedly want manners in the world.
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Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
not the done thing mainly uk (us usually not the thing to do) not socially
acceptable: Smoking during a meal is not the done thing. • (just) one of those
things informal said to mean that there was no way of planning to avoid
something: The road ...
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The Struggles After
the Struggle
We also have thinkers such as H. Schofield who concluded that a cultured
person is one who 'does the done thing'. But the question still remains as to what
the done thing entails. Who is to decide what the done thing is? Is a cultured
person ...
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An Introduction to Philosophy of Education
matter in this way, Schofield came to the conclusion that a man was Cultured in
so far as he did 'the done thing'.9 For example, in educated circles the done thing
is to open doors for ladies, blow one's nose with a handkerchief rather than ...
Ronald Woods, Robin Barrow,
2006
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Contemporary Pragmatism
recognizable form (i.e., a form conversant with the done thing of traditional
philosophy), nations perpetuating war as the unwitting enactment of a repetition
compulsion, cultures fostering such democratic practices as communal
deliberation, ...
John R. Shook, Paulo Ghiraldelli,
2005
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The Philosophy of Education (RLE Edu K): An Introduction
This general impression is of 'doing the done thing', although we are never really
clear who determines what is 'the done thing'. Thus we connect the term 'culture'
with such activities as reading Shakespeare, listening to Bach and Beethoven, ...
“It's not the done thing in England,” he said. “Assure you, my dear fellow. Let's go
out and get a woman if you wish—but slaves in your own home . . . not done.” “I
know what the done thing is!” Sir Charles was starting to get unpleasant. “I'm a ...
'Well, it's boring . . . uncomfortable . . . not the done thing.' 'Not the done thing,' she
echoed. 'My goodness, you sound like Conrad in one of his conservative moods.
But I have heard of pearling masters' wives going to sea at times and in any ...
For one thing, there are many more influences which shape young people,
including real and virtual social networks. and for another, we now inhabit
societies in which it is no longer the done thing to do the done thing: indeed, it is
the done ...
Sylvia Collins-Mayo, Pink Dandelion,
2010
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Deconstruction and Reconstruction:
The Central European ...
The leitmotiv of doing the done thing provides a theme upon which numerous
variations can be wrought. The four variations with which I am principally
preoccupied here are philosophers doing philosophy in a recognizable form (a
form ...
John Ryder, Krystyna Wilkoszewska,
2004
10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «THE DONE THING»
Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term
the done thing is used in the context of the following news items.
What is the point of university art collections?
It seems not to be the done thing to sell such material off – what is now Royal Holloway, University of London caused a minor scandal in 1993 when it disposed ... «Times Higher Education, Jul 15»
Going to a wedding this summer? Top do's and don'ts from etiquette …
You should have a gift list, but also allow people to buy you things that aren't on the list. Cake ... Naff little figures on top of the cake are not the done thing. Music. «Mirror.co.uk, Jul 15»
Alex Scott: Being dropped for the Mexico game was a big test of my …
Maybe it is because football is such a male-dominated sport and talking about emotions is not the done thing. But when you are in a squad of 23 women it can ... «The Independent, Jun 15»
Stamford Hill sect bans women drivers
One Stamford Hill rabbi said that it had "always been regarded in Chasidic circles as not the done thing for a lady to drive". But although some Chasidic sects ... «Jewish Chronicle, May 15»
11 things everyone who loves doing nothing will understand
Yes you feel the pressure to be here, there and everywhere, but you don't give in to it because you know what really ... That's the done thing these days, right? «Metro, Apr 15»
Tsipras comments 'not the done thing': Germany
Germany on Monday angrily denounced Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras for accusing eurozone partners Spain and Portugal of undermining his ... «The Local.de, Mar 15»
Women caught sunbaking atop graves at Gippsland cemetery
The couple whose graves the women lay on had been buried for 30 years and had family in the area. “It's not the done thing in my eyes, it's ridiculous,'' he said. «Herald Sun, Jan 15»
My home life was a battlefield: Mike Leigh tells of early traumas
The film director also recalls that both his parents were concerned about social appearances and about doing “the done thing”. The family moved from a ... «The Guardian, Nov 14»
#AskSpirus: Independent retailers in Cambridge, how do you deal …
Whether you're in a village or a city, whether you're a high street fashion retailer or a restaurant, it seems that not only is it the done thing among businesses ... «Cambridge Network, Aug 14»
Video: Is tipping dying out in French café culture?
Leaving a tip has long been the done thing in restaurants and bars, but today it's a dying tradition at the terrace cafés of Paris. A recent study showed that the ... «FRANCE 24, Aug 14»