NEKRO138 Posted August 16, 2007 Share Posted August 16, 2007 Oh, dear, the grouse season hasn't started yet... On the page where you read this, carry on reading. Bloody peasants. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tricky Posted August 16, 2007 Share Posted August 16, 2007 Other peoples definitions definitely do include money amongst a range of other things, not having to work for a living being part of it as well. 'Other people' do, you're right but what they are trying to do is map something tangible and measureable like earnings and post code etc, onto things which are intangible like attitudes, tastes and motivations. The reason they want to do this is so they can predict their behaviour, which is useful if they're trying to win votes, lending them money or trying to sell them TVs. Obviously they can't just ask what class they are, so they have to find a different way of approximating the same thing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tricky Posted August 16, 2007 Share Posted August 16, 2007 On the page where you read this, carry on reading. Bloody peasants. Open season starts on October 1st for them I believe. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rivelin6 Posted August 16, 2007 Share Posted August 16, 2007 'Other people' do, you're right but what they are trying to do is map something tangible and measureable like earnings and post code etc, onto things which are intangible like attitudes, tastes and motivations. The reason they want to do this is so they can predict their behaviour, which is useful if they're trying to win votes, lending them money or trying to sell them TVs. Obviously they can't just ask what class they are, so they have to find a different way of approximating the same thing. As Tricky says it's alot more complicated than just money etc I grew up in a family where both parents were in low skilled jobs but one had middle class attitudes and the other working class. I went on to uni but due to suffering a number of pregnancy losses over a period of about 10 years I was never able to establish a significant career. I have lived in a house which was paid for outright through to a refuge due to domestic violence. Where does that leave me apart from being confused- the government would have an hard time classifying me:D I also know of numerous other people with similar stories to tell due to life circumstances. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jfish1936 Posted August 16, 2007 Share Posted August 16, 2007 I remember long ago, when I heard that "Peter Rabbit" had been banned from London schools' libraries as "too middle class". Think about it! His mother is a sole parent; his father was executed for stealing cabbages; when he gets stuck in Mr.McGregor's garden, and escapes with the loss of his clothes, he has to go round draped in a handkerchief..... Just how middle class can you get? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davyboy Posted August 16, 2007 Share Posted August 16, 2007 Output Area Classification for England, Scotland & Wales: http://www.casa.ucl.ac.uk/googlemaps/OAC-s I had a look at my area on this site, Half the village is designated countryside when it actually built up. Another area is designated as "constrained by circumstances" and it's all countryside with not a house in sight! Am I missing something?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rotherhamer Posted August 16, 2007 Share Posted August 16, 2007 Definition of middle class..mortgaged to the hilt up to your neck in debt overdrawn credit cards car on tick furniture on tick even food on tick wow i wanna be middle class Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
getto_sniper Posted August 16, 2007 Share Posted August 16, 2007 Definition of middle class..mortgaged to the hilt up to your neck in debt overdrawn credit cards car on tick furniture on tick even food on tick wow i wanna be middle class ye man what a bunch of pilchards Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dennistowler Posted August 16, 2007 Share Posted August 16, 2007 If I could afford to be middle class I'd quite happily admit to being middle class Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Draggletail Posted August 16, 2007 Share Posted August 16, 2007 To an extent, it can be state of mind. I worked with a (very politically active) women back in the days of the miners strike, she came from a mining town in the North East, and described her background as working class, but because she had become university educated and now had a mortgage, she supposed she must be 'middle class' and was racked by guilt about it and felt like a traitor to her 'class' Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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