How posh are you

[Old Greg]

I come from Fulham, have owned red trousers (not anymore) and go to Henley regatta every year.

Fail on most of the other points though... What does that make me?

A dirty spekulant.

[Jog On]

Full of girls looking at male rowers' bodies and boys looking at females.

SP

'Posh' is not abouot spending more money than other people.

Indeed - flaunting wealth is quite vulgar and reserved for the nouveau riche. You'll never see a proper posh person saying " I am considerably richer than yaouu" That's for the TOWIE lot

[original PM]

'Posh' is not abouot spending more money than other people.

no true but 'posh' is about cultivating a look using various clothing items and labels which are expensive

[Jog On]

no true but 'posh' is about cultivating a look using various clothing items and labels which are expensive

What version of posh are you referring to? Proper original old school posh or X-factor/Towie/BMW X5 posh?

[doodab]

I have red trousers, but they are tesco trakkie bottoms so I don't think that counts.

[Old Greg]

SP



Indeed - flaunting wealth is quite vulgar and reserved for the nouveau riche. You'll never see a proper posh person saying " I am considerably richer than yaouu" That's for the TOWIE lot

With the industrial revolution (and arguably before that with an emerging rich merchant class) came newly acquired wealth. To preserve status, the landed wealthy needed to develop codes of behaviour that alongside exclusive institutions could maintain their social status. Not flaunting wealth may be one of those behaviours, but the wealth and expenditure remain nonetheless.

[original PM]

What version of posh are you referring to? Proper original old school posh or X-factor/Towie/BMW X5 posh?

Proper original old school

hunter wellies n waxed jackets, large sideburns and red noses

the x factor/towie/x5 people are just dicks with some money

[Mich the Tester]

But there is still a causal relationship. Having money tends to be one cause of being posh. Having money tends to be one cause of spending more money than other people.

But it doesn't necessarily make you 'posh'.

[Old Greg]

I have red trousers, but they are tesco trakkie bottoms so I don't think that counts.

You want to get down to Sainsbury's, lad.

[Old Greg]

But it doesn't necessarily make you 'posh'.

Smoking does not necessarily cause lung cancer. Nor is lung cancer always caused by smoking. And when lung cancer is caused by smoking there are other causal factors. Smoking has a similar relationship with COPD.

Substitute wealth for smoking. Substitute poshness for lung cancer. Substitute expenditure for COPD. Ignore any statistics implicit in the first paragraph. Accept that it is not a perfect analogy.