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"The word is an English one and is correctly pronounced as "Val-ay" although the verb form in US English may be pronounced as “Val-ett.” according to http://dictionary.reference.com/search?q=valet , "[Middle English valette, from Old French vaslet, valet, servant, squire, from Vulgar Latin *vassellitus, diminutive of *vassus, vassal. See vassal.]" So which is right? I have always pronounced it "Val-ay" as well as everyone around me. I know people who have been corrected from saying it "Vall-ett" Also, the dictionary.com pronunciation includes both "Vall-ett" and "Val-ay". Yet another regional difference?
I am going to delete that line for now, unless someone has something contrary to the American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language. Arilakon 12:38, 10 January 2006 (UTC)
Is Alfred, servant of Bruce Wayne (Batman), considered a valet?
When I first read “personification of the perfect valet” I laughed because I had read that before. Ben Weider once used exactly the same words to describe Louis Joseph Marchand who was Napoléon I Bonapartes favourite personal servant. I don’t think personifications exists in the real world but Louis was probably as close to the perfect valet as anyone can get. 2008-12-30 Lena Synnerholm, Märsta, Sweden. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 85.229.19.102 ( talk) 21:28, 30 December 2008 (UTC)
Charlessir Bensonmum —Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.158.99.174 ( talk) 04:25, 16 March 2009 (UTC)
I think this should be moved to Valet (Car Movers) -- 128.107.239.233 ( talk) 03:48, 7 December 2010 (UTC)
"Traditionally, a valet did much more than merely lay out clothes and take care of personal items. He was also responsible for making travel arrangements, dealing with any bills and handling all money matters concerning his master or his master's household" - from what I know, at least in Victorian (and perhaps slightly earlier) times this was only true of households not having a butler, who would be the one in charge of money (not sure about travel arrangements) if present. I'll try to dig up a reference, but some of mine are packed (recent move). Allens ( talk) 21:51, 24 October 2011 (UTC)
I think they should be kept separate, as they are functionally different. Though as Wooster says "If push comes to shove, Jeeves can buttle with the best of them." — Preceding unsigned comment added by 80.189.143.251 ( talk) 12:06, 5 December 2011 (UTC)
Um, don't you guys mean Kato from the Green Hornet? 128.122.24.18 ( talk) 13:16, 13 April 2012 (UTC)
Richard Woodhouse, Sterling Archer's valet on the show "Archer". Geoffrey Barbara Butler, the Banks family's butler on "The Fresh Prince Of Bel-Air". — Preceding unsigned comment added by 184.175.42.205 ( talk) 03:24, 29 December 2014 (UTC)
The link to the dutch page (Nederlands) leads you to a page about wrestling managers???
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"The word is an English one and is correctly pronounced as "Val-ay" although the verb form in US English may be pronounced as “Val-ett.” according to http://dictionary.reference.com/search?q=valet , "[Middle English valette, from Old French vaslet, valet, servant, squire, from Vulgar Latin *vassellitus, diminutive of *vassus, vassal. See vassal.]" So which is right? I have always pronounced it "Val-ay" as well as everyone around me. I know people who have been corrected from saying it "Vall-ett" Also, the dictionary.com pronunciation includes both "Vall-ett" and "Val-ay". Yet another regional difference?
I am going to delete that line for now, unless someone has something contrary to the American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language. Arilakon 12:38, 10 January 2006 (UTC)
Is Alfred, servant of Bruce Wayne (Batman), considered a valet?
When I first read “personification of the perfect valet” I laughed because I had read that before. Ben Weider once used exactly the same words to describe Louis Joseph Marchand who was Napoléon I Bonapartes favourite personal servant. I don’t think personifications exists in the real world but Louis was probably as close to the perfect valet as anyone can get. 2008-12-30 Lena Synnerholm, Märsta, Sweden. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 85.229.19.102 ( talk) 21:28, 30 December 2008 (UTC)
Charlessir Bensonmum —Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.158.99.174 ( talk) 04:25, 16 March 2009 (UTC)
I think this should be moved to Valet (Car Movers) -- 128.107.239.233 ( talk) 03:48, 7 December 2010 (UTC)
"Traditionally, a valet did much more than merely lay out clothes and take care of personal items. He was also responsible for making travel arrangements, dealing with any bills and handling all money matters concerning his master or his master's household" - from what I know, at least in Victorian (and perhaps slightly earlier) times this was only true of households not having a butler, who would be the one in charge of money (not sure about travel arrangements) if present. I'll try to dig up a reference, but some of mine are packed (recent move). Allens ( talk) 21:51, 24 October 2011 (UTC)
I think they should be kept separate, as they are functionally different. Though as Wooster says "If push comes to shove, Jeeves can buttle with the best of them." — Preceding unsigned comment added by 80.189.143.251 ( talk) 12:06, 5 December 2011 (UTC)
Um, don't you guys mean Kato from the Green Hornet? 128.122.24.18 ( talk) 13:16, 13 April 2012 (UTC)
Richard Woodhouse, Sterling Archer's valet on the show "Archer". Geoffrey Barbara Butler, the Banks family's butler on "The Fresh Prince Of Bel-Air". — Preceding unsigned comment added by 184.175.42.205 ( talk) 03:24, 29 December 2014 (UTC)
The link to the dutch page (Nederlands) leads you to a page about wrestling managers???