How very interesting the Languish connection the top three cities have....
QuoteHere's the list of the top 10 snobbiest cities:
San Francisco
New York City
Boston
Minneapolis/St. Paul
Santa Fe (TIED)
Seattle (TIED)
Chicago
Providence, RI
Washington, D.C.
Charleston, SC
Garbon's residencies ? :P
Link?
What are the criteria?
How come is Minneapolis 4th? What do they have to be snob about over there?
Quote from: The Larch on July 03, 2013, 05:54:04 AM
How come is Minneapolis 4th? What do they have to be snob about over there?
That they're not Milwaukee?
I had a hate filled screed about Chicago lined up, but I deleted it.
Isn't Minneapolis an Indian-Greek name?
Quote from: The Larch on July 03, 2013, 05:54:04 AM
How come is Minneapolis 4th? What do they have to be snob about over there?
Lake Wobegon.
Quote from: Ed Anger on July 03, 2013, 05:56:46 AM
I had a hate filled screed about Chicago lined up, but I deleted it.
Chicago doesn't seem that snobby to me. :hmm: HAHT DAHGS
San Francisco may have some great restaurants, galleries, and shops, but it's also the most pretentious city in the country — at least according to Travel + Leisure readers.
The city recently took the top spot on a list of America's Snobbiest Cities , which the magazine compiled by asking readers to rank 35 major cities across the U.S., voting on everything from how charming the local accent is to the quality of microbrews and the attractiveness of residents.
The survey determined the snobbiest cities by evaluating things like the quality of high-end shopping, how tech-savvy the city is, and how showy the residents are.
This sounds like pseudo-science.
You USAnians have as odd an idea of snobbery as you do of class.
Quote from: Brazen on July 03, 2013, 07:14:36 AM
You USAnians have as odd an idea of snobbery as you do of class.
No we don't.
Quote from: Caliga on July 03, 2013, 06:45:58 AM
Quote from: Ed Anger on July 03, 2013, 05:56:46 AM
I had a hate filled screed about Chicago lined up, but I deleted it.
Chicago doesn't seem that snobby to me. :hmm: HAHT DAHGS
MAH DEEPDISH
MAH HEART
I don't know what snob means...
Quote from: Siege on July 03, 2013, 08:25:52 AM
I don't know what snob means...
Charles Murray: Are you a snob? (http://www.pbs.org/newshour/rundown/2012/03/white-educated-and-wealthy-congratulations-you-live-in-a-bubble.html)
Snob is a contraction of the Latin words sine nobilitas, meaning without nobility. It was coined by upper class twits in British boarding schools to distinguish themselves (the nobs--those with nobilitas) from the new money social climbers who had made fortunes in the East India Company.
Basically it means someone who acts as if they're better than you based on their wealth, their family, their occupation, where they went to school, things like that.
Quote from: Admiral Yi on July 03, 2013, 08:33:29 AM
Snob is a contraction of the Latin words sine nobilitas, meaning without nobility. It was coined by upper class twits in British boarding schools to distinguish themselves (the nobs--those with nobilitas) from the new money social climbers who had made fortunes in the East India Company.
Didn't know that. Pretty interesting, thanks for sharing. :)
Quote from: merithyn on July 03, 2013, 08:39:14 AM
Didn't know that. Pretty interesting, thanks for sharing. :)
:cheers:
What makes that factoid particularly fun for me is the way the meaning of snob has evolved; we would now call the nobs snobs.
Quote from: Admiral Yi on July 03, 2013, 08:33:29 AM
Snob is a contraction of the Latin words sine nobilitas, meaning without nobility. It was coined by upper class twits in British boarding schools to distinguish themselves (the nobs--those with nobilitas) from the new money social climbers who had made fortunes in the East India Company.
Basically it means someone who acts as if they're better than you based on their wealth, their family, their occupation, where they went to school, things like that.
Surely
sine nobilitate, ablative.
:D
Sine nobilitas is what I got from a NYT review of a biography of whatshisname, the British dude who won all those battles in India.
Quote from: Admiral Yi on July 03, 2013, 08:33:29 AM
Snob is a contraction of the Latin words sine nobilitas, meaning without nobility. It was coined by upper class twits in British boarding schools to distinguish themselves (the nobs--those with nobilitas) from the new money social climbers who had made fortunes in the East India Company.
Basically it means someone who acts as if they're better than you based on their wealth, their family, their occupation, where they went to school, things like that.
Yeah, San Francisco wins by a mile. :P
Quote from: Admiral Yi on July 03, 2013, 08:55:22 AM
:cheers:
What makes that factoid particularly fun for me is the way the meaning of snob has evolved; we would now call the nobs snobs.
It's not that we think very highly of nobs, either, though. ;)
The French had the right idea.
Quote from: The Brain on July 03, 2013, 10:37:15 AM
I saw the Swedish one a few days ago. Only used once.
What, is it Polish or something? You can raise the blade again, you know.
Quote from: CountDeMoney on July 03, 2013, 10:46:41 AM
Quote from: The Brain on July 03, 2013, 10:37:15 AM
I saw the Swedish one a few days ago. Only used once.
What, is it Polish or something? You can raise the blade again, you know.
The blade was raised. :)
The polish one cuts off the feet.
Quote from: Ed Anger on July 03, 2013, 11:04:38 AM
The polish one cuts off the feet.
How many Poles does it take to operate a guillotine? 4, to lift it up and then drop the frame.
Quote from: mongers on July 03, 2013, 05:41:16 AM
Garbon's residencies ? :P
:blush:
Though, quite frankly, I don't know what Boston has to be snobby about.
Hahvahd?
Quote from: Peter Wiggin on July 03, 2013, 11:46:35 AM
Hahvahd?
True, Harvard and MIT are probably the two highlights. Most people in Boston don't go to those schools though.
Actually I guess also the healthcare available there but then that's still nothing something an average Bostonian can really relate to.
Couldn't the proximity be a source of pride just like Rockefeller Center or Times Square to a New Yawker?
Quote from: garbon on July 03, 2013, 11:42:45 AM
Though, quite frankly, I don't know what Boston has to be snobby about.
Boston Brahmins. Over on the Mayflower.
Quote from: garbon on July 03, 2013, 11:42:45 AM
Quote from: mongers on July 03, 2013, 05:41:16 AM
Garbon's residencies ? :P
:blush:
Where garbon treads, snobbery blossoms.
He's like Johnny Snobbyseed.
Quote from: Admiral Yi on July 03, 2013, 12:01:25 PM
Quote from: garbon on July 03, 2013, 11:42:45 AM
Though, quite frankly, I don't know what Boston has to be snobby about.
Boston Brahmins. Over on the Mayflower.
Yeah you're right...insofar as I also forget about that. Still I think unlike SF and NYC which also have snobbery across all classes of citizens (so a popular snobbery if you will) that I think all of the things we've mentioned for Boston are still more snobbery among those with a pedigree.
Quote from: Peter Wiggin on July 03, 2013, 11:59:49 AM
Couldn't the proximity be a source of pride just like Rockefeller Center or Times Square to a New Yawker?
:huh:
Who are these New Yorkers who are proud of Times Square?
It's a symbol of how "important" you are. How many people go to Cleveland if they're not on business or visiting someone they know?
Quote from: Peter Wiggin on July 03, 2013, 12:17:50 PM
It's a symbol of how "important" you are. How many people go to Cleveland if they're not on business or visiting someone they know?
All I'm saying is that if I could work further away from Time Square it'd be all the better.
Well took Garbon long enough. Sheesh.
Quote from: katmai on July 03, 2013, 12:29:50 PM
Quote from: garbon on July 03, 2013, 12:29:07 PM
Quote from: katmai on July 03, 2013, 12:24:16 PM
Well took Garbon long enough. Sheesh.
:unsure:
I only posted this thread to tease you. :P
Oh I left home this morning right around the time the thread was posted and then wasn't online again until about an hour or so ago. :P
Quote from: Admiral Yi on July 03, 2013, 12:01:25 PM
Quote from: garbon on July 03, 2013, 11:42:45 AM
Though, quite frankly, I don't know what Boston has to be snobby about.
Boston Brahmins. Over on the Mayflower.
Damn right! All you other johnny come lately Americans!! :cool:
Quote from: Admiral Yi on July 03, 2013, 08:55:22 AM
:cheers:
What makes that factoid particularly fun for me is the way the meaning of snob has evolved; we would now call the nobs snobs.
I believe William Thackeray's "Book of Snobs" influenced the change in meaning from simply a non-noble to what we presently mean by "Snob."
Quote from: Caliga on July 03, 2013, 06:45:58 AM
Chicago doesn't seem that snobby to me. :hmm: HAHT DAHGS
Yeah, I thought the Hog Butcher to the World and City of Broad Shoulders was an odd place to accuse of snobbism.
Quote from: Peter Wiggin on July 03, 2013, 12:17:50 PM
It's a symbol of how "important" you are. How many people go to Cleveland if they're not on business or visiting someone they know?
:blush:
Quote from: garbon on July 03, 2013, 11:42:45 AM
Quote from: mongers on July 03, 2013, 05:41:16 AM
Garbon's residencies ? :P
:blush:
Though, quite frankly, I don't know what Boston has to be snobby about.
Birthplace of the Revolution.