General Chat

Howard Did you see in one of the photos that my wrap dress had slipped a bit and I was doing a 'Judy Finnegan'???? Now were you too gentlemanly to tell me, or too gentlemanly not to notice? Mandy :))

Mandy no comment howard xx

common as muck me ole lad Paul

mmm - yeah - poor Paul is single barrelled teehee and lovely with it

As Emma said, does anyone know what makes you common or posh now? I suppose I generalise and tend to think being posh is a combination of being educated, well-spoken, articulate and minted lol

That's true Roxanne - Mrs Beckham and Elton John being good examples:)

Some where in between....was brought up in a terraced house - no bathroom, no hot running water, no inside toilet but given a good education and the knowledge that I could aspire to something better.....in the 50's and 60's education was the way to improve your life....passing the 11 plus going to Grammar School.....I have a good life but still work for it and , I must say, resent those who are not willing to work but expect all the benefits

I might have posh tendencies then. I bought an ex council house ...

It has been my experience that the biggest snobs can be found amongst those who started out humble! For instance, I worked with this woman who one day made a comment about council tennants keeping coal in the bath. I plucked up the courage to explain the origins of this urban myth, i.e. early council houses had bathrooms downstairs, next to the coal bunker. Realising she had rubbed me the wrong way somewhat, she admitted there and then she had been a council tennant herself once! (No offence to former council tennants who haven't become snobs, myself included...)

I'm educated (only because I went to school in the days when you went to a Grammar school if you passed the 11+) and I think I'm articulate because I have always had a great love of the English language. I wouldn't say I was 'well spoken' except for when I pick up the phone lol. Unfortunately though, I'm not minted David (can you lend me a fiver to get into this blooming FHS thingy on Saturday?). Mandy :) x

Common as muck.daft as a brush and as thick as 2 short planks:o) jude sarf wales

Hi, David I have Breakfast, Lunch and tea, so what does that make me??

Full, Ann-Marie !!

Does it depend on what one does for wark or ones breeding or back grind. Or if you say 'ears' for yes. Or say rind-a bite. What is 'Posh' apart from 'port out starboard home' or is it down to plenty of 'Wonga' Regards to all

Hi Bob, I think people who refer to themselves as 'one' are posh LOL. and people who call batches, baps ( if you don't know what a batch is it's a roll but it's not a roll cos it's a batch, as in a sandwich.) My bf asked if I want a sausage roll and I have to ask if he means roll or batch. AL ( sorry to all those I have confused)

Why do you want to know? Len

I used to work with someone who said 'we all come out of the same place!' and I think he had a good point!

My five-year-old grandson asked, the other day, 'Does the Queen wear knickers?' Is that one of the criteria for poshness? Len

Len, I love that one!

Len, tell your grandson the Queen does wear knickers, I went on a London tour not long ago past the shop she gets em from, LOL