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    What class are you?

    This weekend's wall to wall coverage of the split between Prince William and Kate Middleton is stultifyingly boring. As far as I'm concerned, the whys and wherefores of their relationship and its demise are not our business.

    There is one aspect of the coverage, however, that I have found interesting. That is the sneering class criticism from, in particular, The Daily Mail. A few quotes:

    [Her mother is] pushy, rather twee and incredibly middle-class. She uses words such as "Pleased to meet you", "toilet" and "pardon".
    Ultimately she's just a middle class girl from Berkshire
    Kate, with 150 years of mining stock in her DNA
    Given that The Daily Mail unashamedly targets the lower middle and middle middle classes, it's a little surprising that they should risk alienating their readers in this way. Surely, the Mail doesn't think it can flatter its readers into believing that they belong to the upper middle or upper classes?

    There is a great book, "Watching the English" by Kate Fox, which explains our national class consciousness in a very entertaining way (eg "mummy says that "pardon" is worse than "***k"!).

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    Re: What class are you?

    Class? That sounds to me like a box. I don't fit into boxes, so I don't expect anyone else to either.

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    On a more trivial note, and with a dash of hypcrisy, Prince William's true passion, Isabella Anstruther-Gough-Calthrope, is drop dead gorgeous. Check out the pic on page 4 of today's Mail on Sunday (I tried attaching a pic from google but had loads of dodgy pics attached so I won't try again!)

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    Quote Originally Posted by Jamie View Post
    Class? That sounds to me like a box. I don't fit into boxes, so I don't expect anyone else to either.
    Agreed Jamie; boxes aren't good. Unfortunately though, putting people in boxes is what many people like to do.

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    Re: What class are you?

    Quote Originally Posted by Spin dryer View Post
    Agreed Jamie; boxes aren't good. Unfortunately though, putting people in boxes is what many people like to do.
    Especially undertakers

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    Re: What class are you?

    One of the positive things about dancing is that nobody gives a fig where you are from or what you do etc.

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    Re: What class are you?

    Quote Originally Posted by Spin dryer View Post
    One of the positive things about dancing is that nobody gives a fig where you are from or what you do etc.


    Can you imagine your local class teacher doing something like this

    "For those of you who are working class, bring the left arm up and give the one fingered salute...to those of you who are upper class, explanations will be given later when the taxi dancers get you all together for a jolly old chinwag!"


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    I don't have a class - I'm Jewish


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    Re: What class are you?

    Incidentally, the question in the title to this thread was meant rhetorically. But if anyone does wish to put themselves in a box, feel free!

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    Re: What class are you?

    I'm in class 2EH.

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    Re: What class are you?

    Quote Originally Posted by Cruella View Post
    I'm in class 2EH.
    I didn't realise there was still a remedials.

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    Re: What class are you?

    Quote Originally Posted by Spin dryer View Post
    Agreed Jamie; boxes aren't good.



    or making up there minds about people when haven't even spoken to them

    Quote Originally Posted by Spin dryer View Post
    One of the positive things about dancing is that nobody gives a fig where you are from or what you do etc.

    No we have a class sytem all of our own

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    Re: What class are you?

    I'm not in the class -- I'm the teacher!
    (In school, that is. Not dancing.)

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    Re: What class are you?

    Quote Originally Posted by Baruch View Post
    I'm not in the class -- I'm the teacher!
    (In school, that is. Not dancing.)
    say no more

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    Re: What class are you?

    Quote Originally Posted by fletch View Post
    say no more
    No more.

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    Re: What class are you?

    Quote Originally Posted by Baruch View Post
    No more.
    Jump...

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    Re: What class are you?

    Quote Originally Posted by fletch View Post
    No we have a class sytem all of our own
    Astute, and amusing, observation Fletch.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Spin dryer View Post
    Astute, and amusing, observation Fletch.
    Translation:

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    Re: What class are you?

    Quote Originally Posted by Minnie M View Post
    I don't have a class - I'm Jewish
    but you have a lot of class

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    Re: What class are you?

    I'm too geeky to be classy.

    I'm in a class of my own.

    I suppose I would say that I'm working class, and am from a working class background.

    I too say "Pardon", "Toilet" and "Pleased to meet you" mind you I also say "Gosh!" and "Bother!" and "Darned" a lot It doesn't make me any classier.. it just means I sound more like a Scottish Hugh Grant when I swear *


    (* although one has been known to quote Hugh Grant's first few minutes of "4 weddings and a funeral".. depending on how bad work is going )

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