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#Pedant alert# I can't believe I'm going to type this, but what the hell. I think you'll find you got "your" and "you're" into consecutive sentences, rather than only one. Whereas I did indeed get them into one. Separately, where do you stand on "in to" as opposed to "into"? The former is...

Yep, there is a great way round it - don't wear a DJ to go to the opera. I've been to a few hundred (I know, I know) over the years and have NEVER worn a DJ. Comfortably less than 0.5% do. True, you won't see too many in T-shirts and cut-off jeans either (but more than you would wearing a...

Interesting question! When I set the thread up it was just random musings; I wondered what NSC would make of it. There's been some really interesting debate. Tony Bloom? Well, I don't know the man at all, so anything that follows is an uneducated guess. He certainly has the money that some...

boom!

Duke of Norfolk = Herr Tubthumper? Could be!

That's a really interesting question. Surely can't have been her accent. Maybe the way she behaved? Anyone?

You sure about that? I can well imagine that you wouldn't consider yourself posh, but I would wager one of my fine guineas that some people would, simply because you've been the opera three times. In my view they'd be wrong to, but I bet there are some who would....

Right. So, as others have said, accent is a major determinant. Perhaps the class into which one was born (aristocracy, for example). Ok - let's try someone else then. How about Tony Benn? He was born aristocratic, had an accent that many would describe as "posh" and was very intellectual...

Only posh people refer to authors by their initials.... :wink:

Yep - many people will feel this, I'm sure. But what about the self-made man who has money pouring out of his ears? Alan Sugar, for example. Does anyone think Alan Sugar is posh? He does have multiple houses, a Roller with the number plate AMS 1 and any number of things that would presumably...

Now there's a thought. Is something posh if you feel that you should like it/do it, but don't? An element of guilt involved, perhaps?

A piece of slate for a plate qualifies for me....

You mean you have more books? :wink:

A behaviour that can be (is?) learned or one that is present from birth? Any examples?

Ain't that the truth! I've heard a definition along the lines of "If you own more books than DVDs, you're posh".

Touche. You're probably right....

Interesting. So, a self made person, with a yacht, a box at the opera and Twickenham, 5 houses, and who regularly eats at Michelin-starred restaurants and has centre court tickets at Wimbledon isn't posh? He's just a nouveau-riche fool?

Stat Bro started a thread in response to the Millwall WSL single ticket pricing thread about the prices of opera. I posted three or four times and the title of this thread popped into my head as a genuine question. So, how many "posh" things does someone have to like in order to themselves...