\nThe etiquette that is used today came from French royal courts in the 1600s and 1700s. It is actually used to mean \u2018keep off the grass\u2019. Louis XIV\u2019s gardener at Versailles was bothered by the aristocrats who were walking over his garden, and therefore he put up signs, or \u2018etiquettes\u2019 to warn them to stay off. However, the dukes and duchesses simply ignored the signs and walked right by them.
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\nEventually, the king himself has to make an announcement that no one was allowed to cross the boundaries of the \u2018etiquettes\u2019. Over time, the meaning of etiquette grew to court functions as well which had rules about what to do and where to stand. Similar to language, etiquette evolved, however technically still does mean \u201ckeep off the grass.\u201d
\nPrior to this, the first book written about etiquette was by Ptahhotep in 2400 B.C. \u00a0It appears as though it was meant to serve as advice for young men in Egypt who were trying to climb the social ladder at the the time. \u00a0Some of the pieces of advice included laughing when one\u2019s superior laughs. Good manners have in fact been around for a very long time.
\nEven since the time where people ate with their hands, there were still proper and polite ways to do it. \u00a0In ancient Rome, someone from the lower-class would take food with all of their fingers. However, a person of higher class would only use three fingers, leaving both their little finger and ring finger out of the food. This is in fact where the raised pinkie became a sign of elitism.
\nToday people do not raise their pinkies because it is understood as being pretentious. Bonvicino da Riva, a Milanese monk, around 1920 wrote the first book that dealt merely with table etiquette \u2018Fifty Courtesies of the Table\u2019. Many of his rules are those that are taught to young children of today, such as not gulping food in one mouthful, turning one’s head when sneezing or coughing, not licking one\u2019s fingers or not talking with a mouth full of food. His rules endured throughout history and this is what created American etiquette.
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\nSince then, there have been many American books on what etiquette entails and has expanded beyond society today. Many large businesses hire etiquette trainers to teach good manners to their employees, covering everything from how to dress, act, act and how to converse.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"