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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Proper use of pronouns.  Specifically, not using "I" as a direct object.

Whenever someone says "send it to Mary and I" I immediately know that even though she might have gone to good schools,  she comes from an uneducated family.  It is a dead giveaway.[/quote]

Hmmm . . . DH is old money and went to Princeton undergrad as did his dad.  FIL says "send it to Mary and me"; DH says "Mary and I" -- 
it drives me crazy.  Even though I'm new money (or at least new-very-comfortable SES), I learned grammar, thanks to the California public schools.

[b]The thing about old money is that there's a lot more awareness of the anti-status status symbols and intentionality about deploying them than you might think.[/b]  And, the thing about new money is that if you're observant, you can discern the anti-status status symbols and procure them.  (See, for example, the vintage boat bag on ebay cited by a PP.)  Even skills and knowledge that can be perceived as status symbols can be bought -- e.g., sailing lessons, fly-fishing lessons, reciting poetry from memory, etc.

Excellent point PP.

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