In British, the society is divided in to 3 social classes: upper class, middle class and working class. Usually, people can see the differences between the classes. According to the video in Channel4 (2011), it can be clearly seen the differences between a Northern working class lady and upper class lady. When she became upper class lady her physical appearance changed for example, her clothes and hairstyle changed to classic style. Also, it is clearly the way of speaking has changed to more seriously way. In addition, it hard to accept other people's lives as the lady said in the end of the video she didn’t like the upper class life because they always talk about money. Therefore, these are some differences between the upper class and working class.
POSH: phrase for Port out, starboard home. The word usually refer to upper class people which it mean elegant, swanky and rich. Many people believe the word came from the old story when British people travel to India by ship (The Phrase Finder, 2010).
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References:
Channel4 (2011) Shop girl to It girl. Available at:http://www.channel4.com/programmes/faking-it/4oD#2922253. (Accessed: 17 Jun 2011)
The phrase Finder (2010) Posh. Available at:
(Accessed: 17 Jun 2011)
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