Noblesse Oblige: An Enquiry Into the Identifiable Characteristics of the English Aristocracy

Alan Ross aristocrat barons become begin Dear called Chapman christian name cinema class-distinction course cruets definitely non-U dinner dukes earl England English aristocracy English lord EVELYN WAUGH fashion Fortinbras friends gentlemen House of Lords inverted JOHN BETJEMAN joke kind knights Lady Fortinbras language letters live Logan Pearsall Smith London male Margot Asquith meaning middle middle-class Miss Mitford modes of address Motor-car Nancy Mitford Nanny never nobleman noblesse oblige non-U indicators Non-U speakers non-U usage non-U word non-U-speakers normal Officers of Arms old-fashioned pedigrees peerage peers perhaps person Philip Toynbee phrase prefix Professor Ross pronounce pronunciation REC'D APR refer rich seems serve to demarcate Shinwell Hall slang snobs social society speak speech suppose sure surnames syllable rhymes T-people talking thing U-man U-speakers U-speech U-usage U-word umbrellas un-T upper class vocabulary wife women writing young