to think 'posh' and 'rich' are two completely different things?

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being wealthy does not make you posh, IMO

Well, precisely! Wayne Rooney anyone?

Yes I agree with you entirely

YANBU.

Money can't buy you manners. Although having manners/class might not be the same as being posh?

I agree, and as i'm a Duchess (arf !) i would know ( a poor one )

^^ Well I'm a Countess , do I win?

I agree OP, DH gets loads of footballers in his pub - they are definitely rich, but not posh bless 'em

YANBU.

There is a reason the term noveau rich exits.

True. Lots of aristos don't have a pot to piss in.

Absolutely. I'm one, but not the other.

aaahhh Countess you DO win ( but i'm too poor to buy you a prize )

I am neither.

Errm...why would anyone think differently?

That's like saying 'AIBU to think lemonade and sausages are two different things'?

Lack of education and upbringing are not quick to remedy, even when you have an awful lot of money to throw at the issue.

I'm not entirely sure what "posh" means anymore.

I am an old 40+ gimmer & when I was little, it meant people who were "posher" than you basically. So, if you were upper middle class, posh people were aristos, if you were middle class, posh people were the upper middle class & if you were were working class it meant everyone else basically!!!!

As the UK has become less clear cut in terms of the old class boundaries, I'm not sure what "posh" means at all. I was always really confused as to why Spice Girl Victoria was called "posh".

Hoping someone will be able to explain it all to me.

This is news to you? this is what the entire English class system is built around!

I'm neither

I know lots of posh people but many of them are not rich. I also know some rich people and the majority of them are far from posh.

Its weird as I do feel like the people that are posh and rich are ok and the posh and poorer people are fine but the rich and NOT posh people just drive me insane. They are the ones that appear to be more snobby - obviously this is only IME not a statement of fact.

Very very true.

Of course they are, I never thoughy they weren't!

does it matter?

Of course not, They're v different.

However (extreme examples like Wayne Rooney excluded) I think that amongst some people to two are percevied as increasingly equated. For instance when I went to (private) school the fees were much less in proportion to salaries than they are now, and hence there was less of an assumption than there is now that your family must be rich if you went there. Comfortably off, yes, but not rich. I also hear more and more people describing things (houses, hotels, places etc as 'posh', that are actually just expensive and not posh at all.

I'm both.

A lot of money can buy a lot of bad taste.

I would like to try out both and get back to you if thats ok?

.... just as being educated doesn't make someone intelligent :)

"A lot of money can buy a lot of bad taste."

LOL. So true!

so what is your definition of "posh" woozle?