May I walk you home.

[Ju]

May I walk you home.

Does it mean May I walk with you to your home?

Thank you.

 

[5jj]

Yes, but it has the slightly formal ring of 'escort'.

 

[Rover_KE]

Yes, with the added implication '. . .to make sure you get home safely.'

Rover

 

[Ju]

Yes, but it has the slightly formal ring of 'escort'.

Sorry, I don't get what does formal ring of escort mean.

Thank you.

 

[5jj]

It (the expression 'walk [somebody]) has the slightly formal ring (sound, tone, idea) of (the verb) 'escort'.[/QUOTE]

 

[BobK]

It (the expression 'walk [somebody]) has the slightly formal ring (sound, tone, idea) of (the verb) 'escort'.

As an example of the possible importance of this implication, when I was young we had family friends who lived up the road. Now and then I would walk their daughter home - because, my father having died young, my mother had given me strict lessons in Being a Gentleman.

I later discovered that I had awoken in her young heart (the daughter that is - keep Oedipus out of this ;-)) expectations of Something Else.

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