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HelpQuestion, Sophie
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...it's a bit council estate...
I don't get this reference, sorry. I take it this is negative?
~Lillian~
Proud daughter of Ann and John
Proud sister of Lauren and Leah
Proud wife of David
Proud mother of Alexander, Scarlett, Sophia, and Gideon
I don't get this reference, sorry. I take it this is negative?
~Lillian~
Proud daughter of Ann and John
Proud sister of Lauren and Leah
Proud wife of David
Proud mother of Alexander, Scarlett, Sophia, and Gideon
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Council Flats are low-income housing in Britain. That's how my English friends explained it to me when I asked after watching an episode of Little Britain with Vicky Pollard ("white trash").
I take the meaning of "it's a bit council estate" to me uneducated. It's what we think of as hillbilly names here - you know, Bobby-Sue, Jo-Lou, Susie-Jo, Elmer, Billy Ray, etc...
Ps: Yes, I know of Billy Ray Cyrus, I was in love with him for years but the name still has the "uneducated, poor, and southern" connotation.
"Chan eil tuil air nach tig traoghadh"
Capt. Malcolm Reynolds - Half of writing history is hiding the truth.
- Serenity
I take the meaning of "it's a bit council estate" to me uneducated. It's what we think of as hillbilly names here - you know, Bobby-Sue, Jo-Lou, Susie-Jo, Elmer, Billy Ray, etc...
Ps: Yes, I know of Billy Ray Cyrus, I was in love with him for years but the name still has the "uneducated, poor, and southern" connotation.
- Serenity
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