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<p>[QUOTE="afantiques, post: 274676, member: 25"]John Betjeman was a bit scathing about fish knives back in the 30s.</p><p><a href="http://famouspoetsandpoems.com/poets/john_betjeman/poems/785" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://famouspoetsandpoems.com/poets/john_betjeman/poems/785" rel="nofollow">http://famouspoetsandpoems.com/poets/john_betjeman/poems/785</a></p><p><br /></p><p>The whole point of the poem is to use terms considered a bit 'common' by those bothered about such things.</p><p><br /></p><p>There is a useful explanation of all the faux pas below here. Competitive types may wish to try and spot all the 'incorrect' terms before reading this key.</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://classsystem.blogspot.co.uk/2010/12/phone-for-fish-knives-norman.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://classsystem.blogspot.co.uk/2010/12/phone-for-fish-knives-norman.html" rel="nofollow">http://classsystem.blogspot.co.uk/2010/12/phone-for-fish-knives-norman.html</a></p><p><br /></p><p>for any colonials or lower-middles reading this. Without a full understanding of nuances you cannot really be said to speak English fluently <img src="styles/default/xenforo/smilies/smile.png" class="mceSmilie" alt=":)" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>A friend who worked on an oil rig with many Americans told me it was fine to call another man a son of a bitch, but fighting talk if you called him a sorry son of a bitch.</p><p>I have borne this in mind ever since but have not yet had occasion to use it either way.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="afantiques, post: 274676, member: 25"]John Betjeman was a bit scathing about fish knives back in the 30s. [URL]http://famouspoetsandpoems.com/poets/john_betjeman/poems/785[/URL] The whole point of the poem is to use terms considered a bit 'common' by those bothered about such things. There is a useful explanation of all the faux pas below here. Competitive types may wish to try and spot all the 'incorrect' terms before reading this key. [URL]http://classsystem.blogspot.co.uk/2010/12/phone-for-fish-knives-norman.html[/URL] for any colonials or lower-middles reading this. Without a full understanding of nuances you cannot really be said to speak English fluently :-) A friend who worked on an oil rig with many Americans told me it was fine to call another man a son of a bitch, but fighting talk if you called him a sorry son of a bitch. I have borne this in mind ever since but have not yet had occasion to use it either way.[/QUOTE]
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