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Quick Meme I just made up.

How often do you use upper class, and middle class words?

My score: 16/30. Slightly Posh.

I was particularly amused by Cheers / Good Health, as I almost always make people drink to good health for the first drink with a meal :)

Date: 2007-12-14 02:05 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] offensive-mango.livejournal.com
Also 16. I is well posh innit.

Date: 2007-12-14 02:15 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] pigeonhed.livejournal.com
The trouble is that most of the options on that list are US/UK variations rather than U/Non-U or just simply aren't synonyms at all and therefore meaningless.
Vegetables /= Greens for instance.
Jam is a specific type of preserve
Puddings and Sweets are different types of dessert.

Date: 2007-12-14 06:16 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] fiat-knox.livejournal.com
I use the following terms:

Bicycle or Cycle - Pushbike or Bicycle ("bike" for me means "motorcycle")

Dinner Jacket or Dress Suit - Tuxedo or Penguin Suit

Knave or Jack - Knight or Page

Vegetables or Greens - Cellulose or Rabbit fodder

Ice or Ice Cream - Sorbet, cornet or 99

Scent or Perfume - Fragrance

"They've a very nice house" or "They have a lovely home" - "They consider themselves affluent"

"Ill" or "Sick" (in bed) - "Hors de combat," "out for the count," "bedridden" or "incapacitated"

"I was sick on the boat" or "I was ill on the boat" - "It was a rough crossing. I was seasick."

Looking-Glass or Mirror - If it's something Victorian and Gothic and belongs in some girl's boudoir, looking glass. If it's modern kitsch, mirror

Chimneypiece or Fireplace - Central heating

Graveyard or Cemetery - Boneyard

Spectacles or Glasses - Contacts, Specs

False Teeth or Dentures - Gnashers, Falsies

Die or Pass on - Die, definitely

Mad or Mental - Insane, suffering from [name ailment]

Jam or Preserve - Has to be jam

Napkin or Serviette - Gravy rag

Sofa or Settee - Couch

Lavatory, Loo or Toilet - Bog

Rich or Wealthy - Affluent, Aspirational

"What?" or "Pardon?" - "Could you repeat that?"

"Good health" or "Cheers" - "A vos sante", "Itadakimasu!" or "Heddwch!"

Lunch or Dinner - Midday meal

Pudding or Sweet - Dessert

Drawing-room or Lounge - Living room

Writing-paper or Note-paper - Notepad

"How d'you do?" or "Pleased to meet you" - "Greetings"

(School)master, mistress or Teacher - Tutor

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