How do posh people speak? Learn about language and social class in England

Next, watch my video on how to pronounce British place names! https://www.youtu.be/AW3KJB6CuJA

She’s changed so much since the London Slang Video 🤣

Jade i think we need a new london slang video

I've met "posh" people with the manners of pigs and working class people with lovely manners.

Not many teachers are willing to talk this topic because they don't wanna be criticised, but you gave us some general, neutral facts here to let us, outsider of UK, know the real life, so thank you for making this video.

I like how genuine Jade is in her videos as if she was talking to a real person as well. Very refreshing to see a presentation like this.

Delightful! Jade, you are a master communicator in every respect. Watching you as well as listening and interpreting is a joy!

I'm from the US, a native speaker and I teach ESL as well. This video was so interesting to me! I didn't really get how deep the class system goes in England. I also think it's funny that so many of the words that the NonU people used in 1955 are the words we use in America for those things! What the posh English people must have thought of us Americans back then.... 😂

I just stumbled on to your channel. I am not a native English speaker, but have lived in US for many years. I have to say I am really enjoying watching/listening to you talk about British culture through your language lessons. It has almost a calming therapeutic effect on me to hear you narrate these vignettes of British life.

The gestures you make are funny and interesting at the same time, which made me watch the whole video and of course learned everything that you taught. Thank you!

Oh, I just love the way you teach. I'm having a great time watching your lessons. Thank's a lot Jade!

If you want to emulate the speech of the upper classes then with good practise you may achieve a passable level, but it's not likely to fool those who are born into the upper class. You would also have to learn behavioural patterns, non-verbal communication and forms of conversation that might be at odds with your personality. It's a bit like scooping out everything in your brain that you've learned up to this point then filling it with the phantom education you've never had, the phantom friends you've never had, the phantom upbringing you've never had and the phantom tastes you have never acquired. Of course you could affect a demeanor that might trick those far down the social scale but it may be more problematic to glide naturally and consistently into a social class that you consider above you. This was illustrated perfectly in the film "The Remains of the Day" where the butler was considered by the working class locals as an upper class gentleman but a doctor (m.c.) could perceive that this wasn't the case. But if your goal is simply to improve aspects of yourself, then good luck in your efforts.

Come back Jade! We miss you!!! (Speaking for everyone)

I’m American. House and home are two different things. A house is a structure. It can be lived in or empty, but the structure is still a house. Home is where you are comfortable. Where you live with your family and create memories.

Mrs Bucket from keeping up appearances wil love this! lol

Brilliant description of British class and the difficulties in trying to get out of the class system, or improve oneself. I’m from Sheffield, comprehensive school, but still middle class due to University education and climbing the ladder in science.

Really interesting lesson . I love the way you make us understand something . Thank you so much .

Thank you Jade for another great lesson. I've read "Watching the English" and the author talks about this topic. Thanks again

Something I do appreciate about these videos, other than the content itself, is the absence of those irritating million cuts other youtubers need to be able to put a 5 word sentence together. Regardless of whether that became some sort of a trend or style, whatever happened to being able to have just well prepared content you can discuss without resorting to that many edits?

Jobs are one thing, language and accent are other things. They don’t always correlate. Class is certainly not occupation, it is ideas, humour, interests, education and much much more. And vocabulary is very important.