Maybe, if he applied himself.

wot, how do you figure that?

Again I had to google & every reference to 'lawyer' is that it is a profession - seedy reference

Perhaps, if he married well.

If you have to google, you're not posh.

If one were posh, one would not engage in trade. To differentiate between trades of differing natures, as you have done, is a trait of hoi polloi.

is wife is posh spice ....

Beckham is only money posh for now

Quite aside from dbd's point (which I suppose is valid, although there are very few people even in the proper upper classes who do not practice some form of trade or profession these days), posh people would never "go on" about cars, or clothes, or toys, and especially not with somebody who does not have access to the same things.

One of the things the English (in all social strata) are very good at is not talking about, or bragging about, money. Harry Enfield's Loadsamoney character in the 80s was funny at least in part because the whole concept of a wealthy stock jobber splashing it all about was so alien to UK society at the time. This is not really the case in Canada; much less so again in the US.

Kate Fox's book "Watching the English" is very good on this, if you want to learn about social stratification and class perceptions in today's society.

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Makes you wonder how many BE members pay too much for their ISP so they can be posh

"money posh"?

Being wealthy does not make you posh - I thought we'd established that. Class and wealth are two very different things. Just look at all the McMansions with their hideous gold-plated fittings to understand that...

Alan Clark, a properly posh British politician, had a wonderful put-down of the (to his mind) arriviste Michael Heseltine. Something along the lines of "Good God, he's the sort of man who probably has to buy his own furniture."

Are you British posh

http://www.wikihow.com/Make-People-Believe-You're-British

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/arti...vey-finds.html

Our great posh pretense: One in five people change their accent to sound more posh to get a job or chat someone up, survey finds

I guess its all down to the definition of posh

What is your personal definition of posh?

Genteel. Well bred, refined, suitable to be in polite society.

Yours?

I'd still dispute that. Where there's a difference, maybe, is that Brits may focus on both ends of the scale, expressing disapproval for lah-di-dah posh gits and chavs/benefits 'scroungers' whereas Canadians are more likely to focus exclusively on the "welfare" crowd.

And politicians.

My nan says she’s posh because she doesn’t line up outside the toilets in the Mecca like Ethel and Betty, to give Sid the Caller a nosh off for an extra punch card.

Your nan, Oink, is posher than posh. Sid the caller has unpleasant diseases, anyway - she's better off keeping her teeth in and concentrating on the cards she does have.