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[Opinions] Re: Posh British names
Maybe I'm being irrational or maybe it's because I'm a middle-class American, but I bristle a bit at the blatant "I go to a very prestigious school" or "I live in an extremely affluent area" statements.
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I think it's irrational in this instance. It was relevant to the thread.
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Fair enough. You're probably right.A
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Agree, although I supposed “I know many people who are the actual children of nobility” could have sufficed, but that’s just nitpicking at that point.
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No, I bristle at it too. I don’t really like hearing it from a Yorkshireman either, we don’t really do that kind of thing.
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It seems totally relevant, though. Just a statement, not a brag or anything. I was pleased to hear Yorkshire Rose’s perspective from the belly of the beast, vs my just reading British name blogs and the Telegraph...
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We're referring to more than just this one post.
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Yep, exactly. Wealth comes up a lot.
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