[ExI] Linguistic Markers of Class

[Stathis Papaioannou]

On 28/05/07, Lee Corbin <lcorbin at rawbw.com> wrote:

Low class:           blue collar, also called "the proles" by Fussell and
> Orwell
>                            Today many elementary and high school teachers
> are lower
>                            class, which has changed from 1950.
>

In what sense are teachers "lower class": income, social status, class of
origin, accent, education (!), something else? They are certainly white
collar rather than blue collar, if those terms retain any of their literal
meaning.

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Stathis Papaioannou
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