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Butler

posted 5 years ago by bistritapcv (1885)
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Do Americans have butlers? I thought only British did. Although I see Dick Van Dyke used his Mary Poppins Cockney accent a few times in this movie. Which makes me wonder, are British butlers Cockneys?

[–] Owlwise (1536) 5 years ago

Very wealthy Americans used to have butlers, as well as an entire staff of household servants. Some of that lingered into the 1960s. Not sure if they have actual butlers today; maybe they call them "executive assistants" or something similar now? :)

[–] greenbudgie (2355) 2 years ago

There is a butler school in New York. Wherever there are rich people there is a call for butlers.

[–] jk90us (7697) 15 days ago

I only hire hot female servants in thong bikinis to work on my yacht.

I call them buttlers.