To people whose social circle contains mostly university educated or certain classes it's considered a lack of respect or over-familiarity
You flippin' WHAT, now???!!!
So all university educated people are upper class nobility with absolutely no understanding of how the lower class peasantry speak? Do they not have servants any more, or something?
I feel I should be insulted by your assertions that we're so isolated by the Class system that we're utterly clueless in the ways of the world.
You assume that such fancy hoity-toity people do not use such terms themselves (which I assure you they do, mate), or that they would nonetheless be completely unaware of certain social practices outside of their own... Perhaps the occasional upper-middle class new-money wannabe would behave in such a pretentious fashion, but certainly most human beings in this land are far more aware of each other than you credit any of them.
whilst to other classes and people who spend time around college educated or a certain demographic, this language is perfectly polite.
Again, you assume the same things about these people also, forgetting that if such non-educated or even differently educated folk were so unaware, the upper nobs would have no groundskeepers left and we'd never have heard of Mi'Lady.
The idea it might cause offence is so alien to some that they can't even accept it when it happens.
Only to arrogant, ignorant idiots who refuse to take responsibility for their own interactions and likely live their lives blaming others for everything they can...
The same happens in reverse- some people of a certain demographic are offended by well-spoken individuals because they consider their use of language to be snobbish & looking down.
And what do you think this certain demographic might be, then?
Because I've heard such speech from people across all kinds of class and with all levels of educations, just as I've heard such people speaking in elocutionary fashions of considerably questionable nature. One in particular was of great mirth given he was a senior grammar school pupil at the time.
In fact it's just the way they talk all the time.
Really, guv?
You mean they ain't puttin' on hairs an' graces jus' so us salt-o'-the-earth workin' class scum remembers our place?
That's your opinion though. To him, he hasn't intended to insult anyone, he's just stating the facts.
If it were a
fact that anyone with a brain could learn a tradesmans job, surely more people would... especially given the sorts of money he suggests one can make. Surely also there'd be no need for such heavy certification and regulation in that trade training, or the need for years of study and practice before one reached mastery level, if anyone with half a brain could factually manage the role?
It might be his
opinion, and one with which many here have disagreed, but it's not fact.
He'd think if tradesmen can't accept that they're not as educated as a brain surgeon or rocket scientist then they should have chosen a different career.
His error and offense is in refusing to recognise, understand or appreciate the extent of education necessary to be such a tradesman. It may not be utterly academically complex or complicated like whatever he does, but that does not mean it is any less demanding, challenging, or even exclusive.
To dismiss the considerable effort required to achieve such skill is as foolish as thinking the mere acquisition of knowledge is what makes one actually educated.
Also, being somewhat acquainted with a few actual rocket scientists myself, one does sometimes wonder how such 'highly educated' people are unable to grasp the basic real world effects of the very science theory their lives hinge around...
Taking offence doesn't always translate to intending offence.
But it is still offence and taking responsibility for that offence is a mark of wisdom.
The opposite is also true- a tradesmen with a college education thinking he's as educated as someone with a PhD could be insulting to some.
Again, only to idiots.
Such educations may be different in nature, but that does not mean one 'outranks' another in terms of being educated.
It takes about six years to become a solicitor.
It's at least seven years before you can call yourself a doctor and be GMC registered.
It takes at least nine years before you can be a Master carpenter.
It takes about ten years to become a Catholic priest.
But even then, much of that is just knowledge. It doesn't necessarily mean you have intelligence or even the wisdom to make use of it.
Likewise, if someone spent 10 years at university and has a potential earning power of £150 per hour, he's unlikely to want to do the job himself because it would be a waste of his time to spend another 2 years learning skills for a job that would earn him £30-£50 an hour.
Spoken like a true new money Middle Classer...
Typically I find such educated people quite enjoy getting stuck in and readily relish doing things for themselves, or at the very least learning as much about the theory/academic side of it that they could write textbooks on the subjects. They're often a joy to work for, as they have a deep appreciation for what it actually takes to achieve such work... it's the new money idiots that behave as if the world owes them something just because they have a degree, who think throwing money around and speaking a certain way will get the job done faster, better, and/or to a higher standard.
