General Chat

Well I don't know what I am - I don't call myself posh or common. Private convent educated - but I was growing up in a two bed house with my mum, gran and greatgran at the time. Put myself through higher education whilst living with two male friends - we had mattresses, no beds, no heating, no coverings of any kind on the floors, no hot water, hand washing all clothes etc. in the bath etc. etc. Now, other people call me posh. I live in a large 5 bed, drive a nice little convertable, and I've done very well for myself career wise, I don't have to work right now. Haven't worked for a couple of years and I'm only 26. Certainly doesn't make me any better than any other decent human being - just as when I was struggling I wasn't a lesser person than anyone else.

Me? Common as muck. Doin' me Shoreditch and Gorbals ancestors proud.

If the PM had a heart attack or was otherwise incapacitated, his deputy, one John Prescott, would take over by default. Could we possibly have a wiser or posher leader? Len p.s. Does he (JP) wear knickers?

Isn't 'posh' a term that's generally used by someone to describe someone else (often with a little jealousy or derision or both involved) rather than a term that anyone would use to describe themselves? Even if people are social climbers and aspiring to 'poshness' (sorry for the awkwardness there :-)), I'm not sure that it's a term that they would use; they're more likely to say that they think they have better manners than, or are just generally better than, other folk.

Here Janet, Salt of the Earth them Shoreditch folk good luck on finding them all, they weren't posh, but i didn't know any common ones, just good uns. LOL. Felicity in other words SNOBS!!! I have to say people who claim to be Posh want to appear to be above others of the same class, normally it's the working class who appear to be embarrased by their families and/or friends who may appear more 'common' in their eyes than their yuppy associates. People who accept they are working class (like I do), who are not ashamed of saying they were brought up in Council Flats and houses are not common because of this to me people who are common are people with no manners, they are rude to others, have nasty habits, also use far too much bad language now that's what I call common. To me there are two different things here. I am working class but I don't think I am common, but I am certainly not posh, I never want to be as to me that is false behaviour. Hope I have made sense as it has taken me ages to try and say what I mean LOL. Pat x

When I was a kid, my aunty n Uncle lived in a council house and I swore that when I grew up, Id get meself a council house just like them and be posh too. They had a gramaphone that looked like a sideboard and a clock that chimmed. The adults had butter on bread and the kids had marge their end of the table. WOW! they were posh!! Thank god I never grew up! lol Gerri 56 going on 12 x ps....Ello Pat going round in cirlcles (she's posh now with her fancy new name) Concentric Circles Oooohhhh!!!!!! lol (luvs ya really )

Pat, you're making perfect sense to me!! It's hard to define all this because the terms posh, snob (thanks for the word I couldn't think of earlier!) and common are all used very fluidly to mean all sorts of things to different people, depending where on the scale each person is or would like to be. (Whether or not someone has 'class' is another aspect difficult to define.) It's all to do with judgements really. As someone said earlier, some who consider themselves 'posh' are in fact 'as common as muck' by others' definitions!

Ello to my mate Gerri who is posh in Herts with rellies in walsall, & me with me Londoners with rellies in Dudley LOL Felicity thank you I am pleased I made some sense to you. Gillie I agree as long as those posh lot don't look down their noses at me the working class. John Gleese, Ronnie Barker and Ronnie Corbett one of the greatest sketches on television from the 1960's it has dated, thankfully as class is less important, should have been completely abolished by the 1960's. Pat x

Pat!!!! You got rellies in Dudley???? same here! Daniel Hovers died in dudley 1876. Buried in Top church King street. Maybe we'er related!!! LOL Gerri in concentric circles too lol xxx

Gerri, Wouldn't be at all suprised if it turns out we are, related somewhere, I have some characters in my tree LOL. Didn't know any of your Hovers came from Dudley area, have you any West Bromwich (not posh) or Smethwick (posh lot) people? Pat x

West brom...yessss...FORD also Pilliner also POOLE Please PLEASE let me be related! lol now go to bed young lady! lol Luvs ya xxx

Luvs ya too x Night granny PMSL. Pat x

I was brought up in a detatched house that my parents had built. - Grammar school educated. Perhaps I was supposed to be posh! Anyone that has ever heard me talk and swear will know what a sad disappointment to my mother I was in that respect - I am as common as muck! If there's one thing I HATE it's pretentiousness - and pretentious she was - Probably why I became what I am! lol Magsxx

Very posh! lole I'm me.... middle class upbringing and lucky to have lived and been educated abroad but ultimately still just me! becx

(whispers)I hope Pats gone to bed and doesnt read this.... GRANNY!!!!! Oi! Grandma!!! LOL xxx

Shushhhh Gerri! She's one of my surrogate Aunts and may ask why I've put myself in the naughty corner.... Becx (potentially in trouble)

Like it Harry! I'm the same but am ashamed to admit that, occasionally, I think 'how common' about someone in the shops, and berate myself for it. I hate snobs! I'm as good as them any day, without their money...... Lily

Think we are posh we have fruit on the table when nobody's ill! Dave

I thought Dee might like to know that the present day Lord Nelson lived in a council house LOL Rose

Somewhere in between...well leaning to the common side more lol. But I can talk posh if yer want me to luv ! Elaine x