>>>>>>>Curious to know how non-Brits taking this would rank :-}
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>>>>>>>http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-22000973
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>>>>>>Established middle class
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>>>>>Same here... but given the questions, I somehow don't feel I'd be comfortable with that status. Why is it important at all what occupations are the people I know?
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>>>>Well the question was 'Who do you socialise with' rather than 'know'. Subtle distinction.
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>>>> Do they still have some kind of caste system? :)
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>>>>Of course :-}
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>>>I used to drink in pubs near the Royal Agricultural College at Cirencester. Some world beating upper class twits come out of there.
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>>But some good farmers too.....
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>I'll take your word for that as I know absolutely 0 about farming.

On the topic of having a rural upbringing... I rather enjoyed watching TV shows like "Hee Haw" ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hee_Haw ) -- and was often ridiculed by my schoolmates (who lived in the city) for it -- at least until around middle school and high school when those same classmates began to notice some of the younger female cast members of the show...