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You have all just described my so called mother. :-D :-D :-D :-D :-D :-D

Apparently I am 76 per cent posh - "You have a learned mind, but you could be posher! Maybe learn how to play polo and you could be properly posh!"

Learn how to play polo!!!!!?

I jolly well KNOW how to play the darned game and have been known to watch a few chukkas at the Cheshire Club.

Pimms anyone?

53% - Not a Chav, definitely not Posh though. Maybe learning to ride a horse will help.

Errr..........I used to be able to ride a horse :-S

Although my mother wasn't a true Mrs Bucket, she certainly had aspirations. There were certain things that 'we' didn't do. It was probably a response to her N London working class up bringing where the extended family lived cheek-by-jowl. When her mother died at an early age, she felt that no one wanted her (siblings were taken in by older relatives) and she was left to be brought up by a stepmother and alcoholic father.

My mother. She even looks down on her own siblings. Thinks we've all married beneath us. Thinks she's better than the neighbours. Talks down to shop assistants, waiters and tradespeople.

I'm 36% posh :-D

how can I do this test?

Its on the link below Ann

I got 46%, I would sooner be repectful to all those around me and to those who are dear to me , have manners and always remember to be grateful than ever worry about being posh........

Be who you are and not who you think you are

AnnCardiff - if you read the thread you will find it about eleven posts in.
Just click on the link whilst holding down Ctrl

I think people very often misunderstand what the term posh actually means.

Many mistakenly think it comes from the term "port out, starboard home".

Oh I thought it meant that, Stephen Fry told me :-D :-D :-D :-D

I'm dead common - 23% :-D :-D :-D

Paula - it's a bit of an urban myth and actually comes from Romany gypsies.

The "port out starboard home" explanation didn't come about until some 20 or so years after the term was first used, possibly longer.

Sharron ~ there's a second line to that...

They think their s**t doesn't stink...

But their f*rts give them away

:-D

My result ~ 66% posh............it said: Decent... Yes I think you could be known as not a chav. Definitely not posh, though. Maybe learnig how to ride a horse will help.

A bit daft, because I ticked the yes box for "can you ride a horse"......... but I stopped when I was about 11 because my ALLERGY TO HORSES :-D got worse!

lololol :-D :-D :-D

what's a chav? :-S

It's derogatory and means low class young person. They usually wear designer clothes or tracksuits.

Interestingly, some think the word is also derived from Romany gypsies (lol I'm not making this up) and it has actually been around since the 19th century.

When my children were small I worked part time in a newsagents. We had a Mrs Lemon, pronounced Leemon and a Mrs Riddle pronounced Riddell. I have a double barrelled surname but only ever use the second part of it.

HeHeHe

I am 69% posh.

I did the test for my ex husband who is definitely 'posh', ex public school and from a' County' family, and he got 19%.

Would love to be able tell him as he always said he had dragged me out of the gutter :-D :-D

Chris

Oh my goodness I am 0% posh and a def Chav :-)

Before my daughter was married but was working in London and living there with her boy friend she said they were known as DINKS !!! Double income no kids!

"Dinks" or "Dinky" have been around for some time. It came out of the "Yuppie" era.

We classify ourselves as SKIs - Spend the Kids Inheritance ;-) :-D

Upon hearing my brother was divorcing his wife - she wept and wailed to me 'the disgrace. the shame - what have I done to deserve this?' (1976)

However when I pointed out to her that her son was blameless (his wife ran off with another leaving her 5 yr old son behind also) - she cheered up a bit!