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"Am-Dram"
I was having a debate with somebody in my house last night, about the class system. He was saying that I'm very obviously middle class. I was saying that I wasn't. That lead on to a conversation about where I come from, my home-town, and so on.
I mentioned that my dad was in an "Am-dram" group, and my friend laughed at me. Apparently just the fact that I call it Am-dram is 'middle-classed'. Well, it's easier than saying Amateur Dramatics the whole time! Today, he's continuing to take the piss of me about it. Do you think it's strange? Is it just him being, well, annoying, or is it a strange thing to say? Opinionsssss. Lots of love. |
I've never really heard anyone say either, but I think it's fair enough, it's just an abbreviation really.
Also, I know how annoying the whole "you're posh" because of where you come from thing is. |
totally confused
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i tihnk thewhole am-dram thing is quite middle classed i wouldnt say calling it that would be middle classed
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I've never heard it called that untill now........
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Never heard of Am-dram and I'm 'posh' apparently.
I'm not. You've met me. But yes. Not a clueee. =] |
i think the majority of the people on this site are middle-class.
if you don't think youre middle-class, what class do you think you are? or do you prefer to not class yourself, in general? |
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I prefer not to class myself |
no idea what am-dram means, well until you said.
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Does sound quite posh, to be honest.. =P
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Nvere heard of ittt.
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"I prefer not to class myself" Why? |
Ive called it am dram before.and yeh im probably in the middle class category....not bothered by it tbh.
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even if you are middle class, is that a problem?
there is nothing wrong with being well spoken he's only having a joke around. |
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i was going to say the same thing. i don't think being middle class is such a terrible thing (or a terrible thing at all). just be thankful you're not working class, ha. this reminds me of an article we had to read for sociology once called "nobody likes the middle classes!" &my friend was like "awhh. i feel really sorry for them now." &i said to her: "uh, you are middle class, you idiot." |
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And it was more to do with the fact that, as sheltered as this sounds, I just didn't realise that calling it that wasn't some mainstream thing. & yeah, I prefer not to class myself. Technically, I probably would be classed as middle-class, but there are a lot of connotations and stereotypes related to that, and some people who are around like to use that to my disadvantage :P It's like, I don't mind the joke, but when it's all the time - with things that aren't even accurate, anyway - it's just rather annoying. But yeh, I didn't realise that it wasn't some mainstream thing! |
Some people are so quick to say people are of a certain class sometimes, and base what they're saying on a few very select things. That really does my head in. Plus, everyone tends to have different views on who's in what class, depending on where they come from, what they're used to, and so forth.
They all come with negative stereotypes, you can't seem to win! Best to avoid it as much as possible, haha. "Am-dram", can't say I've ever heard of it either - not that "amateur dramatics" comes up much for me anyway. xx |
I think Am-Dram is more used if you or someone you know is in the business, like if you or someone you know does amatuer dramatics then theyre more than likely to know.use the phrase.
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the best sociology thing i read though was called "putting the FUNK in functionalism" i laughed so much. |
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