My boss is extremely posh

Tiddlywinks

Speaking with an 'Oxbridge' accent does not always equal 'stuck up' or condescending.. it's just an accent - in the same way as cockney or scouse etc.

Don't be so quick to jump to conclusions...

Dunroamin

tesuhoha wrote: »

This reminds me of my cousin who was extremely posh. He once owned a pub near Gatwick Airport .

Am I the only person who thinks these two statements don't go together?

Tiddlywinks

I'd like to know from the OP and others what 'posh' means to them... is it so bad to be educated and well spoken? Surely that's not something to be ashamed of...

It doesn't necessarily follow that the person will be rude or poorly behaved just because they are from a different background. I think some here are stereotyping and that's just sad and rude... if you replaced 'posh' with a region or ethnicity then it wouldn't be quite so funny or acceptable, would it?

Kantankrus_Mare

Years ago when we were at a party one evening, a rather stuck up friend of the host was talking to me and my husband.

He asked what she did (work wise) as you do and she looked down her nose at him and uttered "Work?.........work??? I don't work!!!
I have a horse you know!!!"

With a straight face my husband replied,

"Well I work and I've got a hamster!!!"

I nearly spat my drink out I was laughing so much :rotfl:

Gloomendoom

tesuhoha wrote: »

We were feeling very intimidated when this other very posh guy comes in the door and asks to use the phone (this was a few years ago before mobiles) because his Austin Healey sports car had broken down.

My wife is what you might call posh. I can understand every word that she says.

BTW That Austin Healey isn't broken down

onlyroz

Can work the other way though. My grandma used to work in domestic service and after a meal she was told to ask "Have you had an ample sufficiency?" To which she was once given the response, by an extremely posh lady, "No, I'm as fat as a bloody pig."

Sally_A

Loving this thread. :rotfl::rotfl:

I like to hear correct language and grammar - "posh" is nothing to be afraid of, but even the Queen would have trouble with some pronunciations.

Pretentious people, on the other hand, are the sneakiest, most untrustworthy, puffed up, self important, shallow breed on the planet.

PS. We have a hamster too - and I work

coolcait

Tiddlywinks wrote: »

Speaking with an 'Oxbridge' accent does not always equal 'stuck up' or condescending.. it's just an accent - in the same way as cockney or scouse etc.

Don't be so quick to jump to conclusions...

Very true. I once worked with a man who was extremely 'posh'. His wife was possibly even posher.

They were (are!) two of the loveliest, kindest people I have ever had the opportunity to know. As are their extended families.

That said, it can be very entertaining when accents collide. Like having an unadulterated west of Scotland accent read out proverbs to a group of overseas students.

In fairness, they did well - until they were faced with: 'Thu errrly burrd catchiss thu wurrum".

:D

Winter_Jasmine

I work and I've got two cats - I'm nominating myself for the New Year's Honours list! :rotfl:

dug123

I once worked for a company (part of a large group) and the MD was the son of the owner of the group and very posh.
One day I had a meeting with him regarding a customer who needed some urgent work doing which involved various setting up charges for rushing his order into our production schedule.
I had a meeting with our MD and showed him all the charges and told him I was going to fax it over to the company wanting the work doing, he said "Add £50 to the quote and just put it down as skateboard" I asked how I could justify that and he explained that he had been at school (public) with one of the sons of the owners of the company wanting the work doing and whilst at school he had broken my MD's skateboard "and it is about time he bloody paid for it"!
I faxed the quote over to the company and then explained to their buyer what the "£50-skateboard" charge was for and they gave us the order and actually paid in full including the £50 skateboard charge!
They live in a different wold to us.