>>"An Englishman's way of speaking absolutely classifies him.
>>The moment he talks he makes some other Englishman despise him... "
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>>("Remember you a human being with a soul and the divine gift of articulate speech. Your native language is the language of Shakespeare, and Milton and the Bible ... ")
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>I think he was off a bit. After some translation was done....I don't think English is very close to Hebrew or Greek... :) ( I don't know enough about Biblical Aramaic to be sure but I'm pretty sure it comes from the same family as Hebrew and not English) :)
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>BTW, I loved My Fair Lady when I was a child... :) Or were you quoting Pygmalion? :)
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MFL. and as for the Boldface - uh, yeah, that's why it was funny. ( Shaw was always quite amused - as a Irishman particularly - that those who saw his plays were pretty convinced God was an Englishman)

And here it is for anyone who missed it (the movie is a lot better known but I prefer Julie Andrews to Marnie Nixon )

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8w4knKp2Xgc'

Longer movie version

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jhninL_G3Fg

One of my favorites ( "her English is too good he said that clearly indicates that she is foreign") - this the movie but the London cast album circa 1957 much better on this one

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-RT3cx1b9ZM

(Wow, in grabbing those links I realized I've only seen the movie once in 64 and once on TV long ago and didn't realize how strongly I prefer the Broadway cast album. Far superior musically to the movie.)




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>>>How can you be so lacking in respect for our class system.
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>>>If I don't know my class and others class how can I know who to patronise and who to resent. :-)
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>>>>Gee, speaking as one of the Elite I found the classifications very insightful ;-) Of course I go to high-brow things like theater (Las Vegas showgirl revues count right?) and have friends who are solicitors (though most of those girls have reached mandatory retirement age.
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>>>>How can you argue with any system that can classify humanity based on some multiple choice questions? You are questioning the whole raison d'etre of Cosmo.
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>>>>>>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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>>>>>So what does that mean exactly? And what is "Established Middle Class?" Anything? Nothing? How about some new classifications....:)
>>>>>Update: Never mind, I just read the descriptions of each class. What a bunch of malarkey! :)

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