snobbery

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The British Class system.

41Combedale @41CombedaleRoad (5966) • Greece 15 Oct 16

In England unfortunately we still allow a class system to survive. One in which we know our place. We have working class, middle class, upper class and the aristocracy. When I first heard the description ‘working class’ I...

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Musical Snobbery, Justin Bieber, and a Horse Eating Crow

The Horse @TheHorse (238280) • Walnut Creek, California 21 Jan 16

When I take my Thursday kid out hiking, I let him take control of my radio on the way home. He usually settles in on a sort of teeny bopper rap station, exposing me repeatedly to "you used to call me on my cell phone..." (we sing...

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Are You Judged By The Area You Live In?

Janey1966 @Janey1966 (24170) • Carlisle, England 14 Mar 13

I shall give you an example of what I mean. Earlier today I rang the vets. It's only round the corner but has strange opening hours, which is why I didn't go round there on foot. Anyway, I proceeded to tell the Nurse about...

being judged on appearances

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Why Didn't They Tell Me That In School?

hvedra @hvedra (1619) 15 Oct 10

Why did our careers advisor not tell me I could be a Somellier? I went to an inner city school which had a very fixed view of the career path of most of the pupils. Unless you were good at something technical and they could...

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Should I go and tug my forelock?

hvedra @hvedra (1619) 8 Sep 10

We received the latest Ikea catalogue last week and, because we are in the process of renovating a room, I had a look through to see if there was anything useful. There was, mostly shelving/storage things but also, we did need a...

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