Poll: What Class are You ?

[Skidder]

Your class descriptions are laughable. Many upper class people drive older motors for a start, "old money" types don't always take delight in indulging in shiny new flash motors, same with middle class households too. In fact, vehicle age doesn't say a massive amount- there are many working class households who have new motors on finance.

in fact there is nothing more scummy than having a flash motor you can't afford (or more precisely spending too much of your income on a car relative to your house - we've all seen pimped BMWs outside horrid houses)

 

[Lysander]

in fact there is nothing more scummy than having a flash motor you can't afford (or more precisely spending too much of your income on a car relative to your house - we've all seen pimped BMWs outside horrid houses)

Exactly. It's like those lottery winners that get millions and spend it on having their name stippled into their personal swimming pool.

 

[Manlove is my forte]

Good God, that's a very old expression. Nouveau Riche isn't a class though, is it? It's just a state.

Excellent name, by the way.

I don't think its an official class but it is the correct classification for these people as they do not fit the criteria for the class system. However as a result of their fortunes their children and grandchildren will be offered the opportunities in life that they had not received (such as private education and better social connections) so their children by conciquence will move up in class. (Their children will most likely also be classed as "New Money" but the Grandchildren (providing the money stretches that far) would probably become upper class.

 

[Manlove is my forte]

Hi there,



But I lived with my mother (and only visited my father one day a week), so I lived on a council estate being brought up by a single parent claiming benefits to survive ;s. I can't see how that's a middle class existence, tbh.

I assume your mum gave up work to look after the family.

The Council Estate thing is a red hearing IMO as Maggie Thatcher sold off most of the Council houses, so it cant be seen in the same light as it was 50+ years ago.

 

[aslco]

Don't fit into any of them so class of my own .

LOL at fail OP readings

 

[Meridian]

I'll bet money that just about every person who has claimed to be working class is actually lower-middle class (which should be an option but wasn't). You are only working class if: a) you do unskilled work, or b) you do no work, but all you can do is unskilled work. If your work is skilled, even if it's manual, you are lower-middle class. To claim otherwise is reverse snobbery. If you are too young to work then the classification is from the work done by your parents.

But if you have your own computer, it's very unlikely that you are true working class.


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[Lysander]

But if you have your own computer, it's very unlikely that you are true working class.

 

[Manlove is my forte]

The statements about the whole class system being borked is more or less true.

You look at a plumber for example 20 years ago this would have been a working class occupation. Today WTF?? To be a plumber you have to have training and qualifications, which makes you lower middle class, but if you work reasonably hard you will have upper-middle class earning.

The Government is looking to make it a classless society and its doing so by blurring the boundaries between the classes.

 

[Monkey Puzzle]

By malc's definition, nothing or "A class of his own"

By sensible definition, middle class

 

[uber soldat]

I am not a class.......I am Cantona

 

[Hatter The Mad]

Wealth is not an indicator of class. Are the Beckhams middle class? Is a chav who wins £10m on the lottery automatically middle class? Conversely, is a prince out of money automatically working class? No, because class is a mindset and has nothing to do with wealth or material possession.

The Beckhams are middle class (from birth and to where they are now). A chav who wins the lottery buys his or herself into the middle class, out of the 'working class'.

 

[Lysander]

The Beckhams are middle class (from birth and to where they are now). A chav who wins the lottery buys his or herself into the middle class, out of the 'working class'.

You're wrong, twice. Money cannot buy you class.

 

[Hatter The Mad]

You're wrong, twice. Money cannot buy you class.

Working class people can buy themselves out of the working classes. It happens all the time. How can you say someone who has enough wealth/land/property such that they don't even need to work to sustain themselves is working class?

 

[chrisxuk]

My dad earns over 100k, we have over 2 properties but my dad has a passat because it's good for the environment Upper class i'd say

 

[Skidder]

Working class people can buy themselves out of the working classes. It happens all the time. How can you say someone who has enough wealth/land/property such that they don't even need to work to sustain themselves is working class?

You can't polish a turd.

 

[Skidder]

My dad earns over 100k, we have over 2 properties but my dad has a passat because it's good for the environment Upper class i'd say

or middle class by any definition other than the stupid one here

& my dad could kick your dad's head in

 

[[TW]Fox]

my dad has a passat because it's good for the environment

In what way is a VW Passat 'good for the environment'?

Upper class i'd say

Is he a duke?

 

[D D Danneh]

Well, I'm under working class because we aren't particularly rich, living in a council house, but the rest of our family is middle class, I'd say. If you can classify people these days, anyway. There's not such a clear division as there used to be.

 

[Edward01]

In England, money doesn't raise your class status. That is very much an American thing. You can be poor and upper class and rich and lower class.

Proper Classes (should anyone be intrested)
Bear in mind that this is only a ROUGH guide, not a definitive one. For example, taste in fashion and leisure pursuits come into it quite a lot but are not mentioned. (You'll notice how money is absent).

Under Class: Unemployed, benefit scrounging tower block etc.

Traditional Working Class: Low or no education, factory worker, manual labour etc.

Skilled Working Class: Builder, Plumber, white van man etc

Lower Middle Class: Educated but not to university standard, speak in regional accents, live in average suburb, do a semi-skilled job.

Middle-Middle Class: Possibly university educated, but probably not from an educated background, own their own small companies or are lower-middle management in a large company. Live in decent suburbs.

Upper-Middle Class: Parents probably educated to a good standard, probably attended a good grammar or private school (in the English sense), not necessarily of upper-middle origins. Might speak in a mixture of accents. Successful business owners, higher level management etc.

^^^These two classes get blurred job wise VVVV


Lower-Upper Class: Come from an educated background, probably educated to University level if not higher, probably attended public school (in the English sense public school), traditionally speak in received pronunciation, Doctor, Lawyer, Army Officer, Academics etc

Upper-Class: Not necessarily titled but probably. Attended a good public school (English Definition), as did rest of the family. May not own an estate but probably have at one point in their family's past. Everything from Landowners, to MP's, to Army, to Priests.




Nouve Riche is in a class of its own slighty off to the side, next to middle class.

 

[Manlove is my forte]

In England, money doesn't raise your class status. That is very much an American thing. You can be poor and upper class and rich and lower class.

Proper Classes (should anyone be intrested)
Bear in mind that this is only a ROUGH guide, not a definitive one. For example, taste in fashion and leisure pursuits come into it quite a lot but are not mentioned. (You'll notice how money is absent).

Under Class: Unemployed, benefit scrounging tower block etc.

Traditional Working Class: Low or no education, factory worker, manual labour etc.

Skilled Working Class: Builder, Plumber, white van man etc

Lower Middle Class: Educated but not to university standard, speak in regional accents, live in average suburb, do a semi-skilled job.

Middle-Middle Class: Possibly university educated, but probably not from an educated background, own their own small companies or are lower-middle management in a large company. Live in decent suburbs.

Upper-Middle Class: Parents probably educated to a good standard, probably attended a good grammar or private school (in the English sense), not necessarily of upper-middle origins. Might speak in a mixture of accents. Successful business owners, higher level management etc.

^^^These two classes get blurred job wise VVVV


Lower-Upper Class: Come from an educated background, probably educated to University level if not higher, probably attended public school (in the English sense public school), traditionally speak in received pronunciation, Doctor, Lawyer, Army Officer, Academics etc

Upper-Class: Not necessarily titled but probably. Attended a good public school (English Definition), as did rest of the family. May not own an estate but probably have at one point in their family's past. Everything from Landowners, to MP's, to Army, to Priests.




Nouve Riche is in a class of its own slighty off to the side, next to middle class.

I'd more or less agree with the above

Based upon that definition I am "upper middle" middle class