General Chat

Posh is just a word used by 'lower' classes, or those who 'feel' inferior, whether they are or not, to describe those with more money than they/or with an 'upper class' accent....in my opinion that is.

The word Posh means nothing to the people who are thought to be posh by those who 'feel' inferior, whether they are or not....is what I meant to say :-))))

My ideas of "posh have changed radically as iv'e got older.

I used to think people who owned their homes,had two cars,paid a cleaner,gardener,and a nanny to look after the brats, were the bees knees.

I now know that most of them havn't got a pot to pi"! in, and live on credit.

On the other hand,I have worked all my life behind the bar serving pints,and cleaning "posh" houses by day.

I own outright my detached house,own a Chelsea Tractor, have nice furniture( well, it was til the cats ruined it) and I don't owe a penny.

But,I consider myself working class,and have even been known to swear like a trouper.

I would say Joanna Lumley was well spoken not posh.

Years ago dialects were frowned upon,especially at the BBC and it could be difficult to get a job.Nowadays there is more freedom and regional accents are more welcome.

Of course there's always been comedians/actors who didn't change and audiences loved them for it.

Had another thought......thinking about strong accents....

....when I watched Jane Horrocks on WDYTYA, she said that when she went to drama school they wanted her to change her accent, but thank goodness she didn't because she gets so much work from theaccent she was born with.......like Julie Walters as well.......love them.....

Well, just referring to your other threads on accents.....I would class Joanna Lumley as having a posh accent......pleasant on the ear and not strained like some who try and put one on.....

Upper class twits who like to think they're better than everyone else,and everyone else knows they're not!! ;O)

Do you notice your own accent JG? When I hear some people speaking with a very Aussie accent I cringe hoping that's not how I sound but there is a definate change from region to region and "country folk" talk differently than "city folk".

Sue xx

Sue, i have in the past worked as a telephonist, and have always put my best voice on. i think we all have a 'Telephone voice. I remember once, my boyfriend rang my place of work and of course I answered, he asked to speak to me by name and didnt realise it was me.
I have a very stong accent and I hate it.

I always thought my great aunts were *posh* it was only later in life that I realised it was all an affectation and they were, underneath it all the same as the rest of us !

What you see isn't always the full picture x

Yes JG - I think when we speak on the phone, especially to people we haven't met, we probably talk with more care if that makes sense. I quite often have to speak to groups of people and I speak a lot differently than I do when I speak to family.

Sue xx

The Plebs were the general body of Roman citizens (as distinguished from slaves) in Ancient Rome. They were distinct from the higher order of the patricians. A member of the plebs was known as a plebeian (Latin: plebeius). This term is used today to refer to one who is or appears to be of the middle or lower order; however, in Rome plebeians could become quite wealthy and influential.

In Latin the word plebs is a singular collective noun, and its genitive is plebis.

Allan

PS I only posted as a joke :0))

Do you think that when one talks on the telephone, it is according to your accent or grammar?

I think "posh" means different things to different people. After speaking to family in the UK we eventually visited them. A couple of rellies said that when I spoke on the phone I sounded posh but when they met me they thought I was down to earth and good for a laugh. Still not sure if they meant I was as common as muck but it sounded like a compliment. The "posh" bit didn't though.

Sue xx

So how do we class 'Low Birth'

Edited.
I am getting rather serious about this now. How do I know if I am a Phleb?
Also if one is born a Phleb and then through circumstances bettered theirselves how would one describe oneself?

If ya posh,

You break wind


If ya not,

Ya fart


lol

A pleb = plebian

One of the common masses or of low birth :0))

Allan

What on earth is a Phleb?

Being Posh means looking down on the rest of the Plebs who ain't

Allan (who is not a Pleb!)

Lynda gave a very posh answer :))

Lol at you lot.

I always thought that if a person was 'Posh' it meant they were quite well off, spoke nicely, had a nice home and nice clothes.
I hate to say this but, my right handed pinkie always sticks out and up even when drinking a pint of beer Lol. I have no control over it.