Rsvp

what does RSVP stand for?

Respondez! si vous plait.

French for "please answer".

Do I dare to dream my accents might print? Répondez, s'il vous plaît. SS

I've heard the American version to be Respond So Very Promptly.

Never heard that one here on the East Coast.

I had no idea. It's been around the Midwest for quite some time, over 20 years I should think.

Never heard it uses that way here in the NE part of the US.

Having recently spent a few days of my time doing some "retail campaigning" in Pennsylvania for Senator Kerry, I quickly found out that gymnasium and auditorium are used synonymously down there.

Here in the NY area basketball hoops are found in a gymnasium and seats and a stage are found in an auditorium ( audio, audire, from the L***n ).

What part of PA, Bruce? Could you have been in a school where they set up chairs in the gym and call it the auditorium? Just curious, as we live in Northeastern PA, and my wife is a native of the Anthracite region. I wasn't aware of these words being used differently here than in NY/NJ.

I was working a week and a half from Harrisburg south on I83 towards Baltimore which is SE PA, correct?

Also took a slight break over to PA Dutch area, Lancaster. Felt like a carpetbagger.

And I thought we Brooklynites talked funny!