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Book Review: Fussell on Class

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136 points DaoIsTheWay | 3 comments | 05 Mar 21 02:47 UTC | HN request time: 0.849s | source
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gadders ◴[05 Mar 21 10:32 UTC] No.26355240[source]▶
You think America is bad, try living in the UK :-)

It's funny to see Scott laugh at the hierarchy of flowers in a garden, but things like that are common in the UK. I mean, they can be ignored to a greater or lesser degree but they do exist.

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1. EliRivers ◴[05 Mar 21 12:13 UTC] No.26355955[source]▶
Pampas grass in your front garden is definitely out now that it's widely known that it means the residents swing. Even if you do swing, saying so in such an obvious manner is very crass, and only the middle-classes swing. Other classes that perform the same activities are doing something else.
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2. cafard ◴[05 Mar 21 14:16 UTC] No.26357077[source]▶
Either I live in a much more adventurous neighborhood than I had ever supposed, or this code applies only in some other part of the country. I've certainly never heard of it. (And No, we don't have pampas grass in the front garden.)
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3. EliRivers ◴[08 Mar 21 11:18 UTC] No.26384520[source]▶
Well then I guess you're not part of the scene; as applied to you, the secret code still works.