MCV 30 Under 30 2021 
Help me resolve an argument. The living room is where you...
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My parents both grew up working class, but by the time I was in my teens, we were lower-middle. My language might be slightly different from that of the average East-Midlander owing to the fact that Dad was a Kiwi. We still say "crook" for "ill", but mostly amongst ourselves.
My family used living room. I grew up working (bordering lower-middle) class.That’s so interesting! A lot of people when I was growing up called me posh because our extended families were a lot better off, and my parents were both raised to speak that way, though we ourselves didn’t have much.
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I moved around a lot as a child, my northern relatives would call me posh (for not having a regional accent more than any difference in wealth etc.). I think words like 'settee' and 'serviette' can be markers of Hyacinth Bucket-style aspirational language use.
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Except that some websites will tell you "sofa" is posher than "settee". The debate has been raging on Quora for decades.
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I've been called posh all my life. I've never had a Leicester accent despite growing up among kids who did, and I can't even do a passable imitation. I've been mistaken for a Kiwi (technically I am), Dutch, Danish, South African and German, all by my fellow Brits.
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This! I was surrounded by the Devonshire accent growing up but I can’t for the life of me mimic it. A few people have asked where I’m from, or if I’m American, though tbf I think exposure to American media may have tinged it.
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