The Upper Classes

retired_lyriclemelodee · 10-14-2007, 04:21 PM

I would say the primary way of defining whether someone should be grouped as working/middle/upper -class is where they were educated. Obviously lots of other factors are involved, but for me education is probably the most important.

retired_lyriclemelodee · 10-14-2007, 04:22 PM

Yep, that very much sounds middle-class. Or even rich working-class.

These defenitions all so silly and pointless though.

retired_kimmymarlo · 10-14-2007, 04:23 PM

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Originally posted by exchampionsfan:
<BLOCKQUOTE>Originally posted by Andy Jordan:
<BLOCKQUOTE>Originally posted by RedmanJB:
I dunno. Do by upper class we mean 40k+ quid a year or 400k+ quid a year?

surely the latter and not the former

</BLOCKQUOTE>

Neither ffs.

Upper class = aristocracy. You're born into it, it's a tiny class.

The people this thread is talking about are most likely upper middle class. </BLOCKQUOTE>given the lack of an aristocracy in American society, my definition diverges.

retired_kellynew1212 · 10-14-2007, 04:24 PM

Some people are saying it means education..
I go to a dump of a School, did any one watch Ant & Dec last night? Mr Byrne is my head teacher. I am in all the top classes and got 2 awards last year, History and 10+ Praise from teachers and just missing out on Maths.

retired_v_meenucancer · 10-14-2007, 04:26 PM

i am of aristocratic blood, being of the line of the now defunct dukedom of connaught

(not a wind up btw)

retired_kevh16 · 10-14-2007, 04:26 PM

it can't be education. If a working class person goes to Oxbridge it doesn't automatically make them upper class. It can make them upper middle class but thats the limit. In britain the upper class is just the aristocracy.

retired_kimmymarlo · 10-14-2007, 04:26 PM

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Originally posted by Number 7:
Some people are saying it means education..
I go to a dump of a School, did any one watch Ant & Dec last night? Mr Byrne is my head teacher. I am in all the top classes and got 2 awards last year, History and 10+ Praise from teachers and just missing out on Maths.

that doesn't mean anything, again.

once you graduate from Cambridge with a First Class Honours (sic) PPE degree, come tell us.

retired_princess160 · 10-14-2007, 04:27 PM

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Originally posted by Andy Jordan:
owning a plasma TV and a 360 Elite being ammunition for calling oneself upper class

sorry guv, you're describing comfortable middle-class American life here.

He said they were getting the lot as a christmas present, which seems a tad over what is usually considered a nice present, but yeah, it's not uncountable amounts either.

Apart from that:

considerably wealthy = upper class?

retired_kellynew1212 · 10-14-2007, 04:27 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by Andy Jordan:
<BLOCKQUOTE>Originally posted by Number 7:
Some people are saying it means education..
I go to a dump of a School, did any one watch Ant & Dec last night? Mr Byrne is my head teacher. I am in all the top classes and got 2 awards last year, History and 10+ Praise from teachers and just missing out on Maths.

that doesn't mean anything, again.

once you graduate from Cambridge with a First Class Honours (sic) PPE degree, come tell us. </BLOCKQUOTE>
I'm not saying it means anything, I'm just wondering what ''class'' you would put me in.. in my opinion nobody has a class, you just have your own personality.

retired_uxsillyxgoose · 10-14-2007, 04:28 PM

i am class

The Upper Classes

Grab a beer, sit back and relax.

The Upper Classes