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bats Nov 19th 2013 3:03 am

Re: How posh are you?
 

Originally Posted by not2old (Post 10998172)
correct, I said University.

Now as for the drivel - would you agree with me the posh folks that go to university will forever always be posh & the posh status can be lost when they lose their wealth, house & home, ending up on a council estate on welfare (still speaking posh) - or is it that disadvantaged child from the council estate that will never ever be posh even if and or when they succeed to show the world they (as an example) become the Prime minister married into wealth?

Wealth is not posh

Accent is not posh

Grooming is not posh

Position in the world scene is not posh

Elevated status is not posh

so what is posh?


Reread my post will you? I referred to your last few words which did not make sense.

Yep, you mentioned uni, but i didn't.

I don't follow your thought processes in this thread either.

Posh is posh, you don't lose poshness through being poor, you could if you wanted to, the same way you could learn to be posh if you wanted to do so. Most of us learn new behaviours to fit in, some more than others and some do it deliberately.

It isn't any better or worse to be a posh geezer, it's just a way of being

Oink Nov 19th 2013 3:04 am

Re: How posh are you?
 
Are there degrees of poshness? Can one be a bit posh but not completely posh or is it just a discrete concept, where one is or one is not.

bats Nov 19th 2013 3:07 am

Re: How posh are you?
 

Originally Posted by not2old (Post 10998189)
This thread is about 'posh'.

On the OP it asked the question about schooling ..... my response was Primary - Secondary

4. What type of schools did you go to?

Primary - Secondary
Primary - Public
Prep - Secondary
Prep - Public

Which is a rather limited description of the type of schools in the UK.

However linking back to the original quiz instead of my post replying to Oink's question is rather odd.

bats Nov 19th 2013 3:07 am

Re: How posh are you?
 

Originally Posted by Oink (Post 10998193)
Are there degrees of poshness? Can one be a bit posh but not completely posh or is it just a discrete concept, where one is or one is not.

Awfully posh?

not2old Nov 19th 2013 3:11 am

Re: How posh are you?
 

Originally Posted by bats (Post 10998192)

Posh is posh, you don't lose poshness through being poor, you could if you wanted to,

bollocks


Originally Posted by bats (Post 10998192)
the same way you could learn to be posh if you wanted to do so.

bollocks again



Originally Posted by bats (Post 10998192)
Most of us learn new behaviours to fit in, some more than others and some do it deliberately.

do you do that, if so, how hard do you try to elevate yourself outside of your non-posh comfort zone?

Before you turn it back on me - I don't give a flying crap about posh anything or folks who are or that get elevated (put on pedestals) to the appearance of posh annoyance - poor & disadvantaged is the new posh

Sally Redux Nov 19th 2013 3:13 am

Re: How posh are you?
 

Originally Posted by bats (Post 10998197)
Awfully posh?

Frightfully posh.

Oink Nov 19th 2013 3:15 am

Re: How posh are you?
 

Originally Posted by not2old (Post 10998201)
bollocks



bollocks again




do you do that, if so, how hard do you try to elevate yourself outside of your non-posh comfort zone?

Before you turn it back on me - I don't give a flying crap about posh anything or folks who are or that get elevated (put on pedestals) to the appearance of posh annoyance - poor & disadvantaged is the new posh

I think you're confusing posh with chic.

Oink Nov 19th 2013 3:17 am

Re: How posh are you?
 

Originally Posted by Sally Redux (Post 10998205)
Frightfully posh.

Boo. Like Boris Johnson?

Sally Redux Nov 19th 2013 3:21 am

Re: How posh are you?
 

Originally Posted by Oink (Post 10998212)
Boo. Like Boris Johnson?

Yes, or Alexander McCall Smith.

not2old Nov 19th 2013 3:22 am

Re: How posh are you?
 

Originally Posted by Oink (Post 10998193)
Are there degrees of poshness? Can one be a bit posh but not completely posh or is it just a discrete concept, where one is or one is not.


that's all BS

Or was you meaning 'in the eyes of the beholder' or in trying to fool the unlikely unknown?

Take two families that lived next door to each other on a council estate in the UK, both move to Canada ending up on the same street across from each other.

The adult male in family 'A' works in an automotive plant putting bits on cars as they roll down the assembly line. The male in family 'B' re-educates is now a lawyer. The street refers to the two families as nice but Mr Lawyer is elevated to a status of unbound awe.

The lads get together regularly for a beer & a hockey game while the wives go on about posh comparisons with Mr Lawyer going on to his mate about the new car, clothes he wears, holidays & the toys that he & his kids have.

Could this status be posh?

not2old Nov 19th 2013 3:23 am

Re: How posh are you?
 

Originally Posted by Oink (Post 10998208)
I think you're confusing posh with chic.

chic & chav sort of rhyme

dbd33 Nov 19th 2013 3:23 am

Re: How posh are you?
 

Originally Posted by not2old (Post 10998220)
Could this status be posh?

Of course not. "lawyer" is a trade.

not2old Nov 19th 2013 3:25 am

Re: How posh are you?
 

Originally Posted by bats (Post 10998196)
Which is a rather limited description of the type of schools in the UK.

However linking back to the original quiz instead of my post replying to Oink's question is rather odd.

see, it only goes to show, nowt posh about me

Oink Nov 19th 2013 3:25 am

Re: How posh are you?
 

Originally Posted by dbd33 (Post 10998225)
Of course not. "lawyer" is a trade.

And is usually a ****. ;)

ultrarunner Nov 19th 2013 3:25 am

Re: How posh are you?
 

Originally Posted by Oink (Post 10998212)
Boo. Like Boris Johnson?

Are you saying Honey Boo Boo is Posh, or that Boris Johnson is like Honey Boo Boo :confused:

All I know is that Posh is "Pants"

Beckham eastend boy, will he ever be "posh" with all his money? I doubt it


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