chimay Posted February 26, 2012 Share Posted February 26, 2012 Apparently everyone north of Watford is working class - according to several southern jessies I have to work with. Did you see that TV programme about the class system where a couple of chavs said that they were middle class; they couldn't be working class because they didn't work. Lol. Should there be a benefit class? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mister M Posted February 26, 2012 Share Posted February 26, 2012 Apparently everyone north of Watford is working class - according to several southern jessies I have to work with. Did you see that TV programme about the class system where a couple of chavs said that they were middle class; they couldn't be working class because they didn't work. Lol. Should there be a benefit class? There is it's the underclass, though lots of people don't like it as it's used to mock those that are out of work. Most people who are out of work are so temporarily. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mister M Posted February 26, 2012 Share Posted February 26, 2012 What I have never understood is why northerners and Sheffielders in particular are obsessed with your class and where are you from? Why does it matter so much? I know people love an identity and hate success up here but why does sounding primitive and biblical make you better and everyone else is a intrusive outsider? So says the person with Jesus as an avatar!!! Are you regarded as an 'intrusive outsider' by people from Sheffield Green Web? Perhaps that doesn't have anything to do with your previous place of residence & more to do with something else. And people don't hate success here - nonsense.There are lots of successful people in Sheffield Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cyclone Posted February 26, 2012 Share Posted February 26, 2012 Why are you posting on a 5 year old thread? Anyway everybody who has to work for their money no matter how much they have is working class. Even MOS. It's something to be proud of. That isn't what 'working class' means. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Forumosaurus Posted February 26, 2012 Share Posted February 26, 2012 You can't define your own class. What does it matter what class you think you are? It matters what class other people think you are, that's what's important. Nobody is any class other than the class you consider them to be. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
denlin Posted February 26, 2012 Share Posted February 26, 2012 That isn't what 'working class' means. Yes it is:hihi::hihi: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cyclone Posted February 26, 2012 Share Posted February 26, 2012 No, it's not. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cyclone Posted February 26, 2012 Share Posted February 26, 2012 The National Statistics Socio-economic Classification Analytic Classes 1 Higher managerial and professional occupations 1.1 Large employers and higher managerial occupations 1.2 Higher professional occupations 2 Lower managerial and professional occupations 3 Intermediate occupations 4 Small employers and own account workers 5 Lower supervisory and technical occupations 6 Semi-routine occupations 7 Routine occupations 8 Never worked and long-term unemployed Working class is equivalent to groups 5 and below approximately. By your definition middle class wouldn't exist, which makes no sense. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
natjack Posted February 26, 2012 Share Posted February 26, 2012 Working class is equivalent to groups 5 and below approximately. By your definition middle class wouldn't exist, which makes no sense. But you've already defined yourself as middle-class back in the day when this thread was young and sprightly ... Forumosaurus has it right. It's really down to what class other people take you to be, rather than the class you'd like them to think you are Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Squiggs Posted February 26, 2012 Share Posted February 26, 2012 "We are a working class grandmother" - A phrase that will probably never be heard Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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