British class structure

[AMJ]

 

Nope, "artisan" farming is very fashionable in certain circles these days. There are lots of yuppies dabbling in keeping chickens, bees, even goats.

 

 

*ahem* Um, yes. "Artisan" farming -- that's what we'll call it. A la Green Acres. It was very classy mud we had, after all....

[AMJ]

 

An Australian dialect word equivalent to the British 'chav' and the American 'white trash,' but without being synonymous.

Ah, thanks, sug! We'uns were afeelin' a bit uncertain thar. Your expeditious erudition has done enlightened the darkness of our igerance. I thankee.

 

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[Crimson Wife]

 

*ahem* Um, yes. "Artisan" farming -- that's what we'll call it. A la Green Acres. It was very classy mud we had, after all....

 

 

I thought about this thread today when I ran across a mention of the new Modern Farmer magazine that is being started by a former editor of the New York Times style magazine. $7.99 per issue and they'll be selling it, natch, at Whole Foods. :tongue_smilie:

[Melissa in Australia]

"Rural" 12 miles from a city center is a HUGE difference from *actually* rural. We are an hour from anything bigger than Walmart and we don't get commuters to big cities. The nearest city to us has ~100k people, at most, and that's 1.5 hours away. And i have friends living elsewhwre that are 4-8 hours away from the nearest place you can consider a small city. You're talking about different worlds.

 

and your rural would not even be considered rural hear. I am 100 km form the nearest large town (over 10K) and where the closest decent shopping centre is. I live about 3 km from a village that has around 200 people the nearest town is 20 minutes drive and has 2000 people. and I am only on the edge of rural.