Doggerel indeed! Amusing at times, how opinions of the upper classes clash with those of the general public in Oxford compendia as well as the Oxford English Dictionary. In the OED, there are (or were, I am talking about the 1971 ed.) a number of little asides. I always had fun with this one (thread drift).
Serviette (Sc. serviot, etc.): "The older use of the word was exclusively Sc. In the 19th C. it was re-introduced with the French spelling (at first only as a foreign term). It may now be regarded as naturalized, but latterly has come to be regarded as vulgar."
To lexicographers,the unnecessary use of a foreign term is vulgar. In England, table napkin is the proper term, but below the upper classes, serviette is in common usage; it also is widespread in Canada (but rarely heard in the United States). If anyone has the current complete OED edition, I would like to know how the entry reads now.