Finchley. It's Finchley, mate.
I'd imagine working class people see me as middle class and middle class people see me as a "dreadful common person".
Finchley. It's Finchley, mate.
You're one of the most class bound people on here
I see you as a dreadful common person
The emergence of the Irish Catholic middle classes was certainly recognised by the English post Catholic Emancipation.
My eldest sister had a Midwife from Nonnatus and my Grandmother was in some Dickensian poorhouse due to my Great Grandfathers debts.
The fact I live in comfort does not stop me eating cheese and Crisp sandwiches and dropping my haitches far too often for my wife's liking.
I would say that up until the 80s you were probably correct, but now it has all be blurred by filthy lucre and increased education.
Middle classes are still Doctors, lawyers etc but they can come from all sorts of backgrounds these days, even Poplar