say somethign poncy about yourself - go on

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i agree with the walking and eating - if dd's even have a nibble of anything before they are sitting at hte table - woe betide

and the same goes for starting your meal before everyone is at the table - everyone must be sitting down then you may begin

and i tell dd's you must always say "please may i leave the table"

so right!!! Pardon - just as in pardon makes me squirm. Jade would say that after she burped!
its tummy not belly
dummies are completely common (dont believe that now!)
Yeees - no eating in public or stubbing cigarettes out in street (had to get dh to do it for me when we smoked!)
no fancy bow ties when it "black" tie no matching handkerchiefs and they must be ones that you tie
oh the list goes on
yes to thankyous
yes to Mr and mrs blah-blah thank Mrs Blah for her kind invitation.............
every one has to have something they can stand up and do aat family parties cringe cringe - recitation, song, musical piece!!! (thats Yorkshire for you)
People who dont have at least one dog are not to be trusted..........................

My best friend's mother (she shudders at being called mum, so common!) told her that the dining table was not for children, likewise the sofa. When guests were round for dinner the children were to retire upstairs, and not pester the adults.
I grew up on a council estate and DH lived in a caravan until he was 6 but we can be quite poncey nowadays, we offer a variety of teas to visitors, only use china tea cups and only make tea in the pot.

ahh this thread is refreshing

nail polish so right about sitting down and waiting till every one has finished. No leaving the table till every one has finished, except at big family gatherings where the smallest can leave and come back for pudding (not desert). Plates cannot be cleared until everyone has finished.
I do now-a -days find myself turning to Debretts etiquet(sp) and modern manners for all sorts of occasions - how sad. I am just continuing the draconion practices. Which I quite revel in now. I s'pose its like a comfort blanket>>>> sp to all of this.

That's not'poncey',that's good manners.

I know - sorry, got carried away!

vulgar =
any soap thats not pears or imperial leather or made at the farm
bubble bath esp - Matey which we loved at friends houses (ruined septic tank prob)
carpet in the bathroom (which we have inherited but covering lovely wide oak boards, will remedy soon.)
coloured towels
see the bath-time link, what must FCANK (oooh love the initials) be doing at the moment???they all ask.
etc............

What a fascinating chat.

I wonder whether being poncy is the same as being a snob? My parents and grandparents suffer badly from inverted snobery, various things are "not for the likes of us" including shower curtains and fresh vegetables (my mother insists that no-one had brocolli, pasta or brown bread in the 70's). If anyone has read or seen Starter for Ten - that was me at university.

Isn't it funny how being English comes with it's own strange set of psychosocial hang-ups. I married an American and we're off to San Francisco within a year, which says everything you need to know about my ponciness.

Furcoat - I laughed out loud at the dog bit. Cat people are definitely not acceptable unless the cats live out, in the stable or on the farm. (She says, with two pampered cats that live inside...)

I was going to say also re animals, that animals are more important than people - you might be rude/horrible to people but you never EVER mistreat an animal, and they always get fed/looked after before you do.

Nothing is brand new can really be trusted, usually old / inherited / worn in etc is okay - especially for cars, furniture, houses, clothes, umm and I'm sure there are others

Sorry, nothing that is brand new....

How can pears soap be poncy? It turns into a gob of whitey mush after using it twice.

You're just trying to be poncy, fur.

Is it poncy or poncey?

From my father: peanuts and peanut butter are vulgar and you have to pronounce the 'd' in Wednesday. How poncey is that?

Jura shoots....she scores!!!

That must be a ponce factor of 25/10!

When were you on? What was the interview for?

paranoidand... ha ha ha motto "nothing brand new can REALLY be trusted" or "far too new-fangled for my liking"
pointydog I didnt say that as a grown-up (Her friends snigger) I believed them, its just what, osmotically(not sure if thats a word)I picked up along the way in our gaff! Although I do find myself curling backwards to things that I know I shouldnt.
B and W cat my father pronounces the k in breaK fast! I think thats poncy and a half.

I'm seriously I couldn't carry a tune if it had a handle!

Corrected my mil & dh on the correct way to pronounce "Hotel Chocolat" (They're commoners from Bexleyheath)

If my dd passes wind she says "oh - I just made a noise from my bottom!" then "Pardon me Mummy" no words like farting in my house

Refuse to text talk when texting

When my husband told one of his colleagues our chosen names for dd2 he asked whether I was posh

Whenever I get excited, the facade slips and I talk lazily and drop my "T"s & "H"s

ds 2.5 insists they are bottom burps
ds's small friend insists they are pooh bangs
which is worse i wonder.......?

Isn't Classic FM a bit common, though? (The adverts!) I think really it has to be Radio 3.

[My children fall asleep and wake up to Classic FM. ]

i dont use plastic shop coathangers

I own a raclette. this is a strange culinary item which they have in swiss restaurants or the savoie region in france. it involves putting raclette cheese on a spike and having it with meats and salad. I spent 6 hours on the phone a week before Christmas trying to buy raclette cheese from specialist cheese shops for my raclette party on new years eve.

I am the only person I know who would spend 6 hours looking for specialist cheese

wow thats some ponce factor bosscat. Did you find your specialist raclette cheese for the raclette spike?