Are you officially posh?

[Accy cyclist]

Just found this in the Daily Mail. It's just a bit of fun folks. I've highlighted the 'signs' that make me posh.🧐 How about you?

40 SIGNS THAT YOU ARE GENUINELY POSH, ACCORDING TO BRITS

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/...h-New-survey-reveals-40-definitive-signs.html

40 SIGNS THAT YOU ARE GENUINELY POSH, ACCORDING TO BRITS
1. You went to boarding school - 34%
2. You have antiques and family heirlooms - 28%
3. You have a wine cellar - 26%
4. You have paintings of your ancestors - 26%
5. You belong to an old private members club - 25%
6. You NEVER discuss money - 25%
7. You call your parents 'mummy' and 'daddy', even when you are an adult - 24%
8. You have a family coat of arms - 23%
9. You ride horses - 22%
10. Your dinner parties are catered - 22%
11. You know how to eat properly with a knife and fork (you would never say cutlery) - 20%
12. You have a gardener - 20%
13. You call dinner 'supper' - 20%
14. You have silver - 19%
15. You send proper invites to parties in the post - 18%
16. You have a family tree - 17%
17, You shoot - 17%
18. You ski - 16%
19. You wear tweed jackets - 16% 🧐
20. You call everyone darling - 16%
21. You play croquet - 15%
22. You ask people, 'where did you school'? - 15%
23. You call Champagne 'Champers' - 14%
24. You call the toilet 'the loo' - 14%
25. You drive an old Land Rover Defender - 14%
26. You wear an old Barbour jacket - 13%
27. You know Latin - 13%
28. You have shelves full of books - 13%
29. You eat partridge and grouse - 13%
30. You call friends by their second names - 12%
31. You are good at small talk - 12%
32. You have a double-barreled name - 12%
33. You love cricket (or cricket jumpers) - 12%
34. You wear a gilet - 11%
35. You like rugby but not football - 11%
36. You say 'napkin' instead of 'serviette' - 10%
37. You laugh very loudly - 10%
38. You have an Aga - 10%
39. You prefer loose leaf tea to tea bags - 10%
40. You live in wellies - 9%

 

[lazybloke]

I don't remember any of the Latin I learned at school, so I can't be posh. QED.

Damn.

 

[fossyant]

I can do 11 and 23, 23 because it's easier to say ! So 34%

 

[Drago]

Only commoners call their parents Mummy or Daddy. It's Mater or Pater.

 

[classic33]

8, 16, and 28.
Coat of arms for both sides of the family, 46%(2 X 23%)
Family tree, both sides. 34%
Books, been a bookworm since before starting school.

 

[Arrowfoot]

I could not help laughing when I realised that even the Daily Mail decided to be politically correct by being diverse. The photo did look odd.

 

[lazybloke]

For balance, here's another quiz: How chav are you?

" Om my god! you are the anti chav! you were bullied at school, must wear glasses, and have achieved geek like success and status "

 

[mustang1]

My butler brought this thread to my attention.

 

[Pale Rider]

I know I'm posh, which is a large part of what gives me that status.

 

[stephec]

It's obviously a load of bollocks as I got 62% 😂😂😂

 

[oldwheels]

Not very posh but I got 11, 16, 19, 24, 26 and 28.
We once went into a would be posh Chinese restaurant in Edinburgh and I was wearing my old Barbour jacket. They could hardly bring themselves to handle this and had a long think about wearing rubber gloves but eventually gave in.
Did not notice in time but also 27.

 

[Richard A Thackeray]

Just found this in the Daily Mail. It's just a bit of fun folks. I've highlighted the 'signs' that make me posh.🧐 How about you?

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40 SIGNS THAT YOU ARE GENUINELY POSH, ACCORDING TO BRITS

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/...h-New-survey-reveals-40-definitive-signs.html

40 SIGNS THAT YOU ARE GENUINELY POSH, ACCORDING TO BRITS
1. You went to boarding school - 34%
2. You have antiques and family heirlooms - 28%
3. You have a wine cellar - 26%
4. You have paintings of your ancestors - 26%
5. You belong to an old private members club - 25%
6. You NEVER discuss money - 25%
7. You call your parents 'mummy' and 'daddy', even when you are an adult - 24%
8. You have a family coat of arms - 23%
9. You ride horses - 22%
10. Your dinner parties are catered - 22%
11. You know how to eat properly with a knife and fork (you would never say cutlery) - 20%
12. You have a gardener - 20%
13. You call dinner 'supper' - 20%
14. You have silver - 19%
15. You send proper invites to parties in the post - 18%
16. You have a family tree - 17%
17, You shoot - 17%
18. You ski - 16%
19. You wear tweed jackets - 16% 🧐
20. You call everyone darling - 16%
21. You play croquet - 15%
22. You ask people, 'where did you school'? - 15%
23. You call Champagne 'Champers' - 14%
24. You call the toilet 'the loo' - 14%
25. You drive an old Land Rover Defender - 14%
26. You wear an old Barbour jacket - 13%
27. You know Latin - 13%
28. You have shelves full of books - 13%
29. You eat partridge and grouse - 13%
30. You call friends by their second names - 12%
31. You are good at small talk - 12%
32. You have a double-barreled name - 12%
33. You love cricket (or cricket jumpers) - 12%
34. You wear a gilet - 11%
35. You like rugby but not football - 11%
36. You say 'napkin' instead of 'serviette' - 10%
37. You laugh very loudly - 10%
38. You have an Aga - 10%
39. You prefer loose leaf tea to tea bags - 10%
40. You live in wellies - 9%

12. Yes, in summer
13. Wrong!! Dinner is eaten in the middle of the day, circa 12:00 - 13:00 'ish'
(the 'L' word is for posho's & southerners)
25. I've had several
35. Can't abide either

I get called 'posh' a lot at work, but that's simply because I speak 'correctly' to people, & act accordingly
(there's plenty of people I've known for heading up 40 years have never heard me swear, above the odd 'bugg er!')

Mindst you, our daughter went to private schools, from 'kintergarten' upwards
Her junior school termed itself a 'prep school' & was ranked one of (if not the) highest rated in the county
Her senior school had a lot of international boarders, due to its reputation (Ackworth School - the 'Quaker school')

Are we posh for that?

 

[palinurus]

Three apply, so quite posh i'd say.


28. You have shelves full of books
34. You wear a gilet (for cycling)
39. You prefer loose leaf tea to tea bags (in the Turkish manner)

 

[Eric Olthwaite]

There's a difference between wannabe posh and proper posh. For example, in my experience proper posh have impeccable manners and would never dream of risking embarrassing someone by:

22. You ask people, 'where did you school'? - 15%

 

[Reynard]

Ooops, I can ascribe to 14 of these...

Including 8 and 28.