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in reply to a message by clayishtwine
Ugh. It sounds very faux-British-classy to me, but because it's so misguided, it has the opposite effect: cheap, tacky, cheap again.
But I'm not surprised to see it in the least. The pretension of belonging to some abstract British-esque élite (perhaps "old money" is the term I'm looking for?) is all the rage just now. Since I live in the UK, I can only look on and cringe. The batch of All-American kids named "London" was quite bad enough. I'm just waiting for the little Stoke-on-Trent's and Newcastle-under-Lyme's ;-)
ETA: The one saving grace here was that "Somerset" was on a girl. The shameless showiness would have been that wee bit more appalling on a grown man than on a woman.
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But I'm not surprised to see it in the least. The pretension of belonging to some abstract British-esque élite (perhaps "old money" is the term I'm looking for?) is all the rage just now. Since I live in the UK, I can only look on and cringe. The batch of All-American kids named "London" was quite bad enough. I'm just waiting for the little Stoke-on-Trent's and Newcastle-under-Lyme's ;-)
ETA: The one saving grace here was that "Somerset" was on a girl. The shameless showiness would have been that wee bit more appalling on a grown man than on a woman.
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♥Elinor♥
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