Not allowed to say 'mum' and 'dad'! Fury as councils are ordered to BAN 'offensive' traditional terms and replace them with woke phrases like 'birthing partner'

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[–]jet199 2 insightful - 2 fun2 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 2 fun -  (3 children)

The upper middle-class who look to entrench their positions by creating jargon which acts as a class tell.

A poor person is going to go for a good job at their local council, use the wrong words and get rejected for not being PC (or even called a racist/homophobe/etc and blacklisted). Then a nice middle-class kid with less abilities, maybe this person's kid, is going to go for the same job. They say the right words, that confirms they are a good person, so they beat the superior competition and their family keeps it's status and wealth for another generation.

[–]Newzok 1 insightful - 2 fun1 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 2 fun -  (2 children)

It does emerge as a class signifier for sure, though probably more in using the lingo than actually identifying as (group). Postmodern manners. Nobody cares how you hold your fork anymore.

[–]jet199 1 insightful - 2 fun1 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 2 fun -  (1 child)

Not holding your fork properly is literally a ghosting worthy offence in this house.

That's not manners, that's differentiating between man and beast.

[–]Newzok 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

I, too, come from a furnished home.

It's really something that punctuates social standing.