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''Please'' is a word used in the English language to indicate politeness and respect while making a request. Derived from shortening the phrase "if you please" or "if it please(s) you", the term has taken on substantial nuance based on its intonation and the relationship between the persons between whom it is used. In much of the Western world, use of the word is considered proper etiquette, and parents and authority figures often imprint upon children the importance of saying "please" when asking for something from an early age, leading to the description of the term as "the magic word". Origin and understanding "Please" is a shortening of the phrase, ''if you please'', an intransitive, ergative form taken from ''if it please you'', which is in turn a calque of the French ''s'il vous plaît'', which replaced ''pray''. The exact time frame of the shortening is unknown, though it has been noted that this form appears not to have been known to William Shakespeare, for whom " ...
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Southdown Bus 199 (KUF 199F), 2009 Amberley Bus Day
Southdown may refer to: * Southdown (sheep), a breed of sheep * Southdown, Cornwall, England * Southdown, a suburb of Harpenden, Hertfordshire, England * Southdown, New Zealand, a suburb of Auckland * Southdown Motor Services, a former bus company based in Sussex, England * Southdown Power Station, a power station in Auckland * Southdown, a cement company acquired by Cemex See also * South Downs, England * South Down (other) * Down south (other) Down South may refer to: * ''Down South'' (Doc Watson album), 1984 * ''Down South'' (Tom Petty song) * ''Down South'' (film), a 1931 Toby the Pup cartoon * ''Down South'' (Rhett Akins album), 2008 * Down South Hustlers: Bouncin' and Swingin', ... * HMS ''Southdown'' {{disambiguation, geo ...
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