Inverted snobbery-what is it, examples anyone.

[Dogtrousers]

Going back to the definition of inverted snobbery, in the 1970s a common trope of snobbery and social climbing in sitcoms was "membership of the golf club". Anyway, my dad could definitely be an inverted snob at times, and around that time I remember him warning me that he would disown me if I ever took up golf.

If you want a good example of an inverted snob, look at James Bolam's character Terry in The Likely Lads.

Or just browse one of the many, many threads on here complaining bitterly about people with all the gear and no idea and more money than sense, who have gone and bought (horrors) nice bikes that are expensive.

 

[slowmotion]

Middle-class lefties moving to Notting Hill when it was still a No Go area.

The ones that I know who bought in Notting Hill back then did so because you could get a quite lot of house for a relatively modest amount of money. Inverse snobbery or politics had very little to do with it.

 

[Venod]

I have never used the Internet.

 

[Ming the Merciless]

I haven’t got an AI

 

[Chris S]

The ones that I know who bought in Notting Hill back then did so because you could get a quite lot of house for a relatively modest amount of money. Inverse snobbery or politics had very little to do with it.

I bet they're embarrassed about being multi-millionaires now

 

[Drago]

I have never used the Internet.

I never heard of the Internet until I was surfing the Web this morning and saw you mention it.

 

[Ming the Merciless]

I never heard of the Internet until I was surfing the Web this morning and saw you mention it.

I heard about the Internet on my Wireless Crystal set.

 

[Drago]

Pah. I pre-date alchemy so are of a time long before crystal sets. In our day we used a peasants testicle in place of a crystal, left for MW and right for FM, both for stereo.

 

[stephec]

Pah. I pre-date alchemy so are of a time long before crystal sets. In our day we used a peasants testicle in place of a crystal, left for MW and right for FM, both for stereo.

I don't want to know what you used for an aerial.

 

[Jameshow]

I heard about the Internet on my Wireless Crystal set.

My wireless smoke system transmits at 6 bytes an hour on a good day, when it's windy it's about 3!!

 

[Beebo]

I bet they're embarrassed about being multi-millionaires now

Amazing to think it was built as expensive gentlemen’s houses in the 19th century then effectively abandoned post war as they were too big for people who couldn’t afford servants or maids. To become slum housing for immigrants. You could pick up a whole town house for £30k in the late 70s.
The Notting Hill carnival being a prime example of how gentrification has removed the West Indian population to be replaced by venture capitalists.
Just shows that everything is cyclical.

 

[slowmotion]

I bet they're embarrassed about being multi-millionaires now

Not really. They don't do inverted snobbery.