Pudding or Dessert - which one is 'posher'?

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Sitting watching Bake Off with DH and Alison Hammond has commented in a joking way to Paul Hollywood that he calls dessert 'pudding' instead. DH and I have been debating on whether the word dessert is posher than pudding. What's your thoughts on this vital topic of discussion??

Oh, it wasn't a criticism. I think it should have a comeback. Lovely, quaint term.

Smart people say pudding.
I only know one v wealthy upper class person and he says pudding. Also scent instead of perfume.

I agree that both the working and upper classes call it pudding.

Pudding is a type of dessert, normally goes well with custard

Pudding. Obviously. Does nobody know their Jilly Cooper? 😂

Same with scent.

I say pudding and always thought dessert was a posh way of saying pudding

I come from a very privileged background and we always said next course, living room and loo rather than toilet..if that helps!

Pudding.

Dessert/sweet = ghastly. Sweet what?

Any word that sounds like it could be a bit posh or French eg dessert &, say, serviette rather than good ol’ napkin, is cringeingly common.

Toffs like bluff straightforward self-expression (and foxing try-hard plebs).

Pudding is posh. Dessert is common.

its also like saying pardon is common and posh is actually saying ‘what?’ when you miss something someone has said.

also disagree with a few in a previous image posted. It’s posher to say wealthy and not rich.

I use both. Pudding for things like crumble and custard and dessert for cheesecake and the like but I think pudding sounds posher.

Napkins and serviettes are different things though. That's all I have to add to this debate.

@Pistachiochiochio haha! Maybe it sounds like someone from Fawlty Towers or something?

Nature speaker, yet i still seem ignorant on the nuances of my language. For me a pudfing is domrthung substantial like roly poly or crumble -whereas a dessert is something less substantial, e.g. a mousse or a piece of gateau

We always called it pudding and definitely not posh. I always thought dessert was posh as you'd have dessert when out for a meal.
I have always thought of puddings as things like apple crumble, bread and butter pudding, rice pudding etc, and dessert would be the posher puddings at a restaurant.

Pudding or just pud
My dear departed father also refused to allow us to call it the living room, or lounge. It was the drawing room, always.

Please longing to know what what is a WC
accent ???

When you read about this type of thing (see the Mitford reference above) "sweet" is very much NOT posh.
I say this as someone who grew up in East Lancs and said "sweet" instead of pudding or dessert throughout my childhood!

I think pudding is posher than dessert.

Pudding

@dollopofsauce haha, maybe I got that wrong but I think the person was really snobby then lol.
Pudding is definitely posher than dessert. My auntie taught me that. She was from a housing estate in Hastings but thought she was the queen of Sheba! 🙄🤣

It's always pudding here, no matter if it's steamed syrup sponge, rhubarb fool or Dame Blanche.

Dessert is posher. We say pudding at home and dessert when eating out.

Pudding is posher.

Pudding = hot.
Dessert = cold.

Yes a serviette is one of those flimsy things that you take out of a dispenser in a caff