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Do other countries have this?

Aspergers_Aspie said:
Do other countries have this about posh and non posh people?
A Glasgow barman asked a customer would you like a glass with that, the customer answered glasses are for posh people. On another occasion in Dunfermline I heard a customer say to another customer that Edinburgh people are posh. Do other countries have similar things?
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I've heard this exact same thing myself about Edinburgh. If you want some Edinburgh specific examples: people in Craigmillar call Morningside posh. People in Gilmerton call Corstorphine posh. Exact same thing in every city, in every country all over the world.

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we probably have more racist terms than any other nation. A different term for every nation.
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Well, the inevitable question: what term do you have for us Scots? If it won't get you banned, of course. :)
 
I'm not sure what Posh means exactly. I thought it was presenting a stylish image and indirectly suggested wealth.

It's a bit different here. Poorer folks can dress better then rich.
 
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Tom said:
I'm not sure what Posh mrans exactly. I thought it was presenting a stylish image and indirectly suggested wealth.

It's a bit different here. Poorer folks can dress better then rich.
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Posh just means being rich and fancy. That's what it means here at least.
 
Aspergers_Aspie said:
Do other countries have this about posh and non posh people?
A Glasgow barman asked a customer would you like a glass with that, the customer answered glasses are for posh people. On another occasion in Dunfermline I heard a customer say to another customer that Edinburgh people are posh. Do other countries have similar things?
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Joke's on the customer - saying "posh" makes them "posh" in my books.

(Using distinctly British English words is kind of frowned upon where I am as a form of "putting on airs". This is kind of a legacy of traditional colonial attitudes where those from Britain, notably England but also Scotland, would look down on "colonials" with disdain - e.g. in WWI, Canadian regiments were often commanded by British officers.)
 
Angular Chap said:
Well, the inevitable question: what term do you have for us Scots? If it won't get you banned, of course. :)
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We just bunch you together with the rest of the Poms. That's probably more insulting than calling you names I think, but to us it's all just one tiny little island. There's quite a large Scottish population in Adelaide though, and we appropriated a lot of Scottish names for our cities and towns.

We have a large military base and airfield here called Edinburgh, it's also the country's largest military R&D centre.
 
I wouldn't say there was a posh v. non-posh culture here where I live as such, but there are certainly some more areas more affluent than others. Saying that people in Edinburgh are post is an over-generalisation, surely all people in Edinburgh can't be posh, whatever than means. My sister and mum live in an affluent area, but I wouldn't call them posh.
 
Most of the people that consider themselves posh, I call snobs.
They like to dress in high fashion name clothing and belong to expensive and exclusive club memberships.

For some reason a lot of them want to live in the air in little apartments that overlook the sea or a city.
If they've got it, they like to flaunt it.
 
I live in a small town and we have both “townies” and “rednecks” here. Highly dependent on which neighborhood you’re in.
Very small population of non-white people.
And not surprisingly, they all hate each other…

Why can’t people just put their differences aside?
To be fair, the townies do tend to be snobs and showoffs, and often bigoted (although some of the rednecks are also bigoted) but I think this town and a lot of other towns around here would be better off not resorting to classism and racism to determine who you should or shouldn’t be friends with.
 
I would say yes, but in fact, an experience recently makes me think that perhaps no.

I reside in France and had to go to an opticians. The shop typically looked high class and I hate the brightness of those places, but I need glass for short distances and so, my husband and I went in and I zoomed in on a pair of glasses that instinctly told me they would look ok on me and my husband said: check the price first, as I am pretty sure they are going to be way over our budget. Wow, only 30 euros lol

The assistant offered me a pair of sunglasses and even asked if I have sensory issues and thus, explained the brightness causes distresses and so, she got me to choose the ambiance of each colour and I picked on a beautful brown one and she did a lot of typing and then, turned the computer around and my husband and I did a double take: from 30 to over 300 euros! My hubs explained that he is only a gardener and just cannot afford that, she she deleted down to a smaller number which is accident insurance, but he asked her to cut that out too and thus, I ended up paying the original price and guess what? Her tone of voice and her facial expressions did not change at all. She maintained a polite, friendly that she had from the start and I confirmed this with my husband.

I want to give her a card of thanks actually.

But, in fact, that is a rare occurance, since sadly glass distinction is in every country.
 
Posh and non-posh? Nope, can't say that's ever been an issue beyond living in a city that openly declared itself to be "posh", attempting to emulate itself like it was another rendition of Southern California's "Rodeo Drive". LOL...I used to ponder when city officials would knock on my door and politely ask me to leave. :rolleyes:

The one social dynamic that I've always been aware of when it comes to bars, is a simple one. Not to enter any establishment that appeared to be patronized by a single one-percenter motorcycle club. More commonly referred to as a "biker bar". Risky business for inattentive civilians, and potentially lethal for anyone wearing the patch of a competing one-percenter motorcycle club.

LOL...the one time I did such a thing I went in with a group of people who had a connection to the MC who dominated the bar's patronage. A unique experience. Obviously one that I lived to tell about it. :cool:
 
In Croatia there is in generally no such division. There aren't many people with high income and most people look where to save money. Monthly income of $2000 is high for our standards.
 
Rodafina said:
Why? Is there some new evidence that tattoos cause tooth decay. It doesn’t make sense to me.
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It means that the average number of teeth-per-person is lower than usual and the average number of tattoos-per-person is higher than usual.
 
Crossbreed said:
It means that the average number of teeth-per-person is lower than usual and the average number of tattoos-per-person is higher than usual.
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Thank you, but it still makes no sense. What is it meant to indicate about the person?
 
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