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**nilliraq** · 09-01-2012, 12:47 PM

Okay, my stereotypes...

upper class
More rich than I could imagine. O_o Having inherited money, and a wealthy upper class ancestry going back a long way. They live in mansions, in some cases castles, or huge country houses, and have several properties, abroad as well as in this country (UK). They don't have to work for a living because they can get enough money to live off from interest on what they already have. They play around with stocks and shares, property and other financial things beyond my comprehension. Hunt, shoot, fish. Have libraries in their homes, roaring log fires, servants, and pedigree dogs. Except for special occasions they wear incredibly boring looking clothes that nevertheless cost an absolute fortune.

upper-middle class
They could be people with inherited wealth but less of it than the upper class, or most likely people who are more newly rich, i.e. their family has made its money within the last 2 or 3 generations, through a profession. These would be 'high up' working people, such as company managers, doctors, accountants and generally, wealthy professional people.

middle class
Relatively 'ordinary' people, with a comfortable income, probably thinks a university education is the norm. Can be irritating by aspiring to be 'higher' class and therefore becoming a bit snobbish. Lives in suburbia and has 3 new cars.

lower class
Do unskilled, low-paid, often dirty or unpleasant work, or else they are on the dole. Don't talk proper. Looked down on by most people in the other classes. Has no hobbies except sex, football and watching TV. Oh, and drinking. Don't eat healthily, have too many kids, smoke too much.

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It's actually pretty difficult to make stereotypes because the boundary between 'lower class' and 'middle class' is a bit hazy to me. I've always been used to referring to 'working class' rather than 'lower class'. This of course excludes people on the dole (or out of work), but it does include people doing 'salt of the earth' jobs that actually do have skill in them, like road-mender, bricklayer, electrician and plumber. Skilled electricians and plumbers earn as much as a 'middle class' person, but the nature of their job makes people regard them as 'working class' - but not as 'lower class'.

Similarly, someone working in retail or in a call centre would probably think of themselves as 'working class' rather than 'middle class' because of the lowness of the wages.

09-01-2012, 12:47 PM	#13
nilliraq Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 402 Senior Member	Okay, my stereotypes... upper class More rich than I could imagine. O_o Having inherited money, and a wealthy upper class ancestry going back a long way. They live in mansions, in some cases castles, or huge country houses, and have several properties, abroad as well as in this country (UK). They don't have to work for a living because they can get enough money to live off from interest on what they already have. They play around with stocks and shares, property and other financial things beyond my comprehension. Hunt, shoot, fish. Have libraries in their homes, roaring log fires, servants, and pedigree dogs. Except for special occasions they wear incredibly boring looking clothes that nevertheless cost an absolute fortune. upper-middle class They could be people with inherited wealth but less of it than the upper class, or most likely people who are more newly rich, i.e. their family has made its money within the last 2 or 3 generations, through a profession. These would be 'high up' working people, such as company managers, doctors, accountants and generally, wealthy professional people. middle class Relatively 'ordinary' people, with a comfortable income, probably thinks a university education is the norm. Can be irritating by aspiring to be 'higher' class and therefore becoming a bit snobbish. Lives in suburbia and has 3 new cars. lower class Do unskilled, low-paid, often dirty or unpleasant work, or else they are on the dole. Don't talk proper. Looked down on by most people in the other classes. Has no hobbies except sex, football and watching TV. Oh, and drinking. Don't eat healthily, have too many kids, smoke too much. .... It's actually pretty difficult to make stereotypes because the boundary between 'lower class' and 'middle class' is a bit hazy to me. I've always been used to referring to 'working class' rather than 'lower class'. This of course excludes people on the dole (or out of work), but it does include people doing 'salt of the earth' jobs that actually do have skill in them, like road-mender, bricklayer, electrician and plumber. Skilled electricians and plumbers earn as much as a 'middle class' person, but the nature of their job makes people regard them as 'working class' - but not as 'lower class'. Similarly, someone working in retail or in a call centre would probably think of themselves as 'working class' rather than 'middle class' because of the lowness of the wages.
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