Being a snob

[Alan]

Hi,

Are you a snob?

Alan
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[Englishuser]

Hi Alan,

How would you describe a snob?

Englishuser

[Conchita]

Englishuser has a point, in that there are several kinds of snobs. The general definition of a snob could be ‘someone who only likes and even admires people who are of a higher social class than themselves’. They attach importance to things like snob value, cachet or prestige.

An inverted or reverse snob is the opposite, i.e. someone who disapproves of upper social classes.

Then there are intellectual snobs, who look down on those who are not as well educated as they feel they are themselves. Food/wine/grammar/literary/music snobs, for example, are derivatives of this meaning.

As far as I’m concerned, I like to think I’m in none of those categories. Now, does that make me a snob of sorts?

[Alan]

Hi,

OK a definition of a snob within my lights - anyone who considers themselves superior in any human activity to any other person in the same human activity.

A

PS You a snob, Conchita? Naaa.
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[Yankee]

I'm not quite sure I understand your definition, Alan. If I believe that I speak German better than my sister, then you would consider me a snob for that reason? Is that what you mean?

[Englishuser]

You have a good point there, Amy!

Englishuser

[NinaZara]

[Conchita]

[Yankee]

Fat chance of that happening.
But your take on the definition is similar to mine, Conchita.

[Englishuser]

So, what are your answers to Alan's question?

Englishuser

[Yankee]

Are you talking to me, EU? I think I've answered the question already.

What about you? What's your answer to Alan's question?

What about you, Alan? How would you answer your own question? Having gotten to know you a bit over the past year, I assume that something may have prompted your question. Have you got a bee in your bonnet about something?

Amy

[Englishuser]

Hi,

I really would not consider myself a snob. I do not feel or think I am superior to other people in any way. I think people's choices are far more important than any inborn factors, although it surely is quite difficult to say whether or not a particluar characteristic in a human being is innate. There are some characteristics in some people that I do dislike, but I also think they will eventually be able to get rid of those.

Englishuser

[Fan of Arabian horses]

[Abr4xii]

OK a definition of a snob within my lights - anyone who considers themselves superior in any human activity to any other person in the same human activity.

Alan..I'm sure i'm superior to you in some activities just as you are to me.
And i'm sure we would consider ourselves as such.
Doesn't snobbery entail going beyond that?.

[NS]