I beg to differ! The English as used in Englnd would never use the word 'garbage' politely! We would call it 'rubbish'. "Would you please put the rubbish out, dear."

Thanks so much, Jorge, for your kind comment.  I can tell you're very polite.  All the Best: Ilene: your American teacher in beautiful Albuquerque, New Mexico!

great article

Hello

I would like to share my experience with greetings. All my English lessons at school back in Poland were not enough to get me even ready to greet my English co-workers. I was ready for good morning , and maybe hi, hello or something like that. On my first day at work all I got was "Alright mate!?" Well, I knew what alright is so I confirmed. Then I have noticed they were using that phrase over and over again, many times per day with many of our customers. I was so baffled by that word, I never even heard before. Then soon after that,  it was me who was walking around repeating like broken record "Alright mate? You alright mate??  :P

HaHa, Michael!  Thanks for your amusing comment--Ilene