Anonymous wrote:Old money down south is either descendants of plantation owners or descendants of carpetbaggers. Not much mobility over the intervening 150 years. And I wouldn't be bragging about belonging to either group.

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Anonymous wrote:Most old money people I know are very smart. The lifestyle is so very different than new money. Even the language is different. Everything is in code. One word means something else. They are pretty much deathly afraid that you will push you preconceptions onto them and so they tend to be pretty reserved. At least the ones I know.

Sounds stressful to lie about who you are

I think it's more along the lines of Bless her heart. If your not from the south or in the know, it sounds like a lovely sentiment. But if you are in the know, then you understand what is really being said.

I love how old money alway turns into old south...

Often old south is old money.

Wrong.

Ok. I'm sure you know better than I know.

- Old southern gal from old moneyed family

Yes...because you're family anecdote applies for an entire country...brilliant.

I'm also from an 'old southern moneyed' family, and I haven't felt the need to keep the myth of southern gentility going. The south is and has always been poor, with a few wealthy families scattered around. Even the money in the south isn't from the south....

http://visualizingeconomics.com/blog/2007/08/07/united-states-household-income-map

The money, old and new, is just where it ALWAYS has been.

Bless your heart.

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Anonymous wrote:Most old money people I know are very smart. The lifestyle is so very different than new money. Even the language is different. Everything is in code. One word means something else. They are pretty much deathly afraid that you will push you preconceptions onto them and so they tend to be pretty reserved. At least the ones I know.

Sounds stressful to lie about who you are

I think it's more along the lines of Bless her heart. If your not from the south or in the know, it sounds like a lovely sentiment. But if you are in the know, then you understand what is really being said.

I love how old money alway turns into old south...

Often old south is old money.

Wrong.

Ok. I'm sure you know better than I know.

- Old southern gal from old moneyed family

Yes...because you're family anecdote applies for an entire country...brilliant.

I'm also from an 'old southern moneyed' family, and I haven't felt the need to keep the myth of southern gentility going. The south is and has always been poor, with a few wealthy families scattered around. Even the money in the south isn't from the south....

http://visualizingeconomics.com/blog/2007/08/07/united-states-household-income-map

The money, old and new, is just where it ALWAYS has been.

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Anonymous wrote:Most old money people I know are very smart. The lifestyle is so very different than new money. Even the language is different. Everything is in code. One word means something else. They are pretty much deathly afraid that you will push you preconceptions onto them and so they tend to be pretty reserved. At least the ones I know.

Please provide some examples of this code of which you speak. I know lots of old money types and as far as I know, they talk like I do. But maybe I just don't understand what they are really saying

Sometimes they are so extremely nice and mannerly that you get the impression that you are better friends than you really are. Sorry mid is blank on code words at this moment.

U and non-U, but does anybody say these anymore?

"What a nice new rug/car/chair that is." The word "new" is often *not* a compliment. The same is true in France, incidentally.

Hmm. I wasn't aware that new was ever a compliment or a dig. I thought it just described the age of something.

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Anonymous wrote:Most old money people I know are very smart. The lifestyle is so very different than new money. Even the language is different. Everything is in code. One word means something else. They are pretty much deathly afraid that you will push you preconceptions onto them and so they tend to be pretty reserved. At least the ones I know.

Sounds stressful to lie about who you are

I think it's more along the lines of Bless her heart. If your not from the south or in the know, it sounds like a lovely sentiment. But if you are in the know, then you understand what is really being said.

I love how old money alway turns into old south...

Often old south is old money.

Wrong.

Ok. I'm sure you know better than I know.

- Old southern gal from old moneyed family

Yes...because you're family anecdote applies for an entire country...brilliant.

I'm also from an 'old southern moneyed' family, and I haven't felt the need to keep the myth of southern gentility going. The south is and has always been poor, with a few wealthy families scattered around. Even the money in the south isn't from the south....

http://visualizingeconomics.com/blog/2007/08/07/united-states-household-income-map

The money, old and new, is just where it ALWAYS has been.

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Anonymous wrote:Most old money people I know are very smart. The lifestyle is so very different than new money. Even the language is different. Everything is in code. One word means something else. They are pretty much deathly afraid that you will push you preconceptions onto them and so they tend to be pretty reserved. At least the ones I know.

Sounds stressful to lie about who you are

I think it's more along the lines of Bless her heart. If your not from the south or in the know, it sounds like a lovely sentiment. But if you are in the know, then you understand what is really being said.

I love how old money alway turns into old south...

Often old south is old money.

Wrong.

Ok. I'm sure you know better than I know.

- Old southern gal from old moneyed family

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Anonymous wrote:Most old money people I know are very smart. The lifestyle is so very different than new money. Even the language is different. Everything is in code. One word means something else. They are pretty much deathly afraid that you will push you preconceptions onto them and so they tend to be pretty reserved. At least the ones I know.

Sounds stressful to lie about who you are

I think it's more along the lines of Bless her heart. If your not from the south or in the know, it sounds like a lovely sentiment. But if you are in the know, then you understand what is really being said.

I love how old money alway turns into old south...

Often old south is old money.

Wrong.

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Anonymous wrote:Most old money people I know are very smart. The lifestyle is so very different than new money. Even the language is different. Everything is in code. One word means something else. They are pretty much deathly afraid that you will push you preconceptions onto them and so they tend to be pretty reserved. At least the ones I know.

Sounds stressful to lie about who you are

I think it's more along the lines of Bless her heart. If your not from the south or in the know, it sounds like a lovely sentiment. But if you are in the know, then you understand what is really being said.

I love how old money alway turns into old south...

Often old south is old money.

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Anonymous wrote:Most old money people I know are very smart. The lifestyle is so very different than new money. Even the language is different. Everything is in code. One word means something else. They are pretty much deathly afraid that you will push you preconceptions onto them and so they tend to be pretty reserved. At least the ones I know.

Sounds stressful to lie about who you are

I think it's more along the lines of Bless her heart. If your not from the south or in the know, it sounds like a lovely sentiment. But if you are in the know, then you understand what is really being said.

I love how old money alway turns into old south...

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Anonymous wrote:Most old money people I know are very smart. The lifestyle is so very different than new money. Even the language is different. Everything is in code. One word means something else. They are pretty much deathly afraid that you will push you preconceptions onto them and so they tend to be pretty reserved. At least the ones I know.

Sounds stressful to lie about who you are

I think it's more along the lines of Bless her heart. If your not from the south or in the know, it sounds like a lovely sentiment. But if you are in the know, then you understand what is really being said.