OT Language question for the Brits

The Prince of Wales has so many staff that he even gets someone to put the paste on the toothbrush for him. He's probably got so many staff that he's run out of titles for them all and is using up superhero names. (Going off on a slightly anti-royalist tangent there....) Morag

Fun question, Kathy. Cheryl has it spot on, so I won't add. However, in case it might help in the future, can you Google with '.co.uk' instead of '.com.'? We always use .co.uk, as otherwise any shopping etc would be with American companies; but we can also 'get' .com, if we want to particularly. . In message , Kathy Applebaum writes

Thanks! This explains a lot! :)

Thanks! I never knew this was possible. (I found it under the "advanced search" options.) The things you learn just by asking. :)

Unfortunately, seems like you guys watch a lot of American movies. At least, that's what comes up in the google search for .co.uk. *grin*

I'm in the U.S., but if I read that I would think it's some employee who handles his cricket bats for him.

I first saw this word in one of Georgette Heyer's novels, and it referred to a military officer's personal servant. Back in the good old days, of course, officers were by definition upper class, and most of them bought their commissions. (When they wanted to leave the military, they "sold out".) The batman was an enlisted soldier by rank, but very often also one of the family's servants who might have been called up anyway. And after the end of the fighting, having developed a close relationship, many retired officers kept them on as a paid employee. Roberta in D

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