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warped_candykid
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 Posted - 2010/06/22 : 13:12:28
Ok, I've always been told that to move up in the UK, it has to be based on your father's last name. If I were to move to the UK, or Europe period, and being a teacher, what would my socioeconomic culture be like?
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JayHH86
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Posted - 2010/06/22 : 13:20:52
I don't think I understand. What exactly is being based on your father's last name?
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Posted - 2010/06/22 : 14:02:00
Yea enlighten us dude, not heard that one before
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latininxtc
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Posted - 2010/06/22 : 14:48:38
are you trying to say that you believe your last name will determine what kind of social status you will have? that's the only thing i've gotten from it. i hope not man b/c i would hope that something like that would be outdated in a place such as the UK
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pinkdevil16
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Posted - 2010/06/22 : 14:52:07
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Originally posted by latininxtc:
are you trying to say that you believe your last name will determine what kind of social status you will have? that's the only thing i've gotten from it. i hope not man b/c i would hope that something like that would be outdated in a place such as the UK
If thats what you ment then its not true your last name doesnt really mean anything there are popular last names like smith n stuff but it doesnt mean your last name will determine how much money you have etc
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Posted - 2010/06/22 : 15:02:56
My last name is Godwin......My bloodline goes back to Harold Godwinson (the guy who William the Conqueror defeated) apparently and i get no special treatment haha
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acidfluxxbass
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Posted - 2010/06/22 : 15:20:56
My surname Clapp derives from Danish culture when loads of them came over after the Battle of Hastings occured and William the Conqueror was in power... apparently :D
I dont think it ever does rely on socioeconomic stuff, at the moment. Brown wanted to introduce a qualification points policy, but atm I think its a case of as long as you have a clean criminal record, you stand a decent chance...
ps. Surnames a load of rubbish. I know people with the surname Butler, who have just as much right to being in the country as someone the surname, for example, Al-Karihb...
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Posted - 2010/06/22 : 16:04:30
My surname is Macdonald. Obviously Scottish heritage but i don't get many people throwing plates of Haggis my way.
The only way to move up the social ladder when you arrive in Britain is to buy a baseball cap, tuck your tracksuit bottoms into your white socks and drink dry, strong cider from the tesco value range. I believe the Queen does this.
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Dante
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Posted - 2010/06/22 : 16:12:15
My last name is Nodland. It's just a place outside of Egersund, which is in southwestern Norway. Where the name of the place comes from, I have no idea. And I have no idea what this thread is about, either. :)
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warped_candykid
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Posted - 2010/06/22 : 16:16:10
lol, it's something we're told in schools, at least our histoy teacher told us that a person in the UK's status/social class is determined on how high of a status their last name is held. Since I don't have any family over there, I was just wondering if I were to move over there, would I automatically be at the bottom of the ladder, per say, and not be able to move up.
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Dante
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Posted - 2010/06/22 : 16:18:28
Maybe in the old days, but I don't think that if you go there and try to get a job, they'll say "sorry, your last name sucks, good luck elsewhere" :p Just doesn't make sense. To be safe, move to Norway instead.
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acidfluxxbass
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Posted - 2010/06/22 : 16:19:02
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Originally posted by warped_candykid:
lol, it's something we're told in schools, at least our histoy teacher told us that a person in the UK's status/social class is determined on how high of a status their last name is held. Since I don't have any family over there, I was just wondering if I were to move over there, would I automatically be at the bottom of the ladder, per say, and not be able to move up.
names determining social class?
I take it Americans never watched the BBC Program 'The Royle Family'?
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pinkdevil16
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Posted - 2010/06/22 : 17:07:10
quote:
Originally posted by warped_candykid:
lol, it's something we're told in schools, at least our histoy teacher told us that a person in the UK's status/social class is determined on how high of a status their last name is held. Since I don't have any family over there, I was just wondering if I were to move over there, would I automatically be at the bottom of the ladder, per say, and not be able to move up.
lol thats not right were they talking about now or like years ago?
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Posted - 2010/06/22 : 17:07:56
mine is Smith
it means, Massive Penis
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latininxtc
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Posted - 2010/06/22 : 17:09:08
quote:
Originally posted by acidfluxxbass:
My surname Clapp derives from Danish culture
lol here in the US that surname derives from chlamydia 
it's a nickname they give to that std
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Posted - 2010/06/22 : 17:11:17
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mine is Smith
it means, Massive Penis
Has a or is a?
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