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[quote=Anonymous]Another thought: I have found that manners tend to differ by class, although Americans of all backgrounds tend to be an oafish bunch compared to their foreign counterparts.

I am the one who wrote of my blue collar FIL.  In addition to holding unspeakably bigoted and parochial views, he also farts and burps at will, cracks crude jokes regardless of the audience, and just generally has no sense of propriety.

I have definitely noticed that those from blue collar backgrounds tend to conflate politeness with putting on airs and eschew any attempt at manners in favor of being "free" or "comfortable."  This is not actually completely linked to class because I have met well to do people in blue collar fields who have this stubborn vein of mannerlessness running through them.  Meanwhile even broke pediatricians seem to pick up at some point that you really shouldn't make that gay joke in front of mixed company.

Perhaps it is because there are swift repercussions to mannerlessness in white collar fields, while some blue collar people actually bond over racism, homophobia, and crassness on the job.[/quote]

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