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Rah students, posh traditions (Oxbridge, St Andrews...:)

This topic concerns only the elite population. Being myself one of those rah students at St Andrews I would like to ask you to share your opinion and stories on this issue. Which Universities does the elite, Britain's next generation attend? Is it Oxbridge, Edinburgh, St Andrews, Bristol.... or one of those agriculture colleges in Scotland?

To be continued...

Reply 1

MuvverRussia

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I would argue LSE, but it's too international- also lots of UK LSE grads end up working abroad. So I'd say that the elite of the World's next generation are LSE grads.

Reply 2

kingslaw

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dled

This topic concerns only the elite population. Being myself one of those rah students at St Andrews I would like to ask you to share your opinion and stories on this issue. Which Universities does the elite, Britain's next generation attend? Is it Oxbridge, Edinburgh, St Andrews, Bristol.... or one of those agriculture colleges in Scotland?

To be continued...

This thread is entirely pointless as everyone is goin to come onto it and say their uni is producing elites, when everyone knows almost every elite will come from Oxford or Cambridge.

Reply 3

ckwan16

dled

This topic concerns only the elite population. Being myself one of those rah students at St Andrews I would like to ask you to share your opinion and stories on this issue. Which Universities does the elite, Britain's next generation attend? Is it Oxbridge, Edinburgh, St Andrews, Bristol.... or one of those agriculture colleges in Scotland?

To be continued...

I would guess that the "elite" would study at Oxbridge.

Does the term rah stand for anything?

Reply 4

BazTheMoney

St Andrew's and Durham have great rah potential, but I still think Oxbridge is as rah as you can get.

Reply 5

Helenia

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ckwan16

I would guess that the "elite" would study at Oxbridge.

Does the term rah stand for anything?

Some claim "rich a***hole," but I think it's just a piss-take of the way certain people speak. "Rah" is (or used to be) actually said by some people, or it's just an affectation in their voice.

According to some people, Durham would come a close second because it has people who didn't quite make it but still want to live the life. Not all Durham students are like this though!

Reply 6

BazTheMoney

Helenia

According to some people, Durham would come a close second because it has people who didn't quite make it but still want to live the life. Not all Durham students are like this though!

I've meet a few Durham students and they're suitable rah. St. Andrew's is getting more rah, whilst Bristol is losing it's rah-ness.

Rah basically means people who've been to public school, I think.

Reply 7

Helenia

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BazTheMoney

I've meet a few Durham students and they're suitable rah. St. Andrew's is getting more rah, whilst Bristol is losing it's rah-ness.

Rah basically means people who've been to public school, I think.

I think, more importantly, it means people who behave like they've gone to public school. I know an Old Etonian who is very un-rah.

Reply 8

BazTheMoney

Helenia

I think, more importantly, it means people who behave like they've gone to public school. I know an Old Etonian who is very un-rah.

*cough*Joey*cough*

I don't think I'm overly rah; I'd don't talk rah, but I do like port and whiskey, which is seen as quite rah. Hmmm.

But we do have some really really rah people round here.

Reply 9

d750

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dled

This topic concerns only the elite population. Being myself one of those rah students at St Andrews I would like to ask you to share your opinion and stories on this issue. Which Universities does the elite, Britain's next generation attend? Is it Oxbridge, Edinburgh, St Andrews, Bristol.... or one of those agriculture colleges in Scotland?

To be continued...

At the risk of sounding like a complete snob, the answer to that question is fairly straighforward unless you stretch the meaning of the word to produce the response you want, of course.

BazTheMoney

I don't think I'm overly rah; I'd don't talk rah, but I do like port and whiskey, which is seen as quite rah. Hmmm.

A little off topic, but I had a rather nice preprandial glass of 1974 port last night. Lovely. :biggrin:

Reply 10

dled

OP

The same applies to Oxbridge, Durham, Bristol (losing its profile), Edinburgh (with Brown on the top)::
"YAHS, rahs, posh people, the pink shirt brigade?whatever you call them, it is a truth universally acknowledged that St Andrews is full of these middle class students, living off Daddy?s infinite supply of cash and spending the holidays backpacking around Nepal or simply relaxing in a comfortable detached house in the leafy suburbs of London. Yet how do all these people get here? Is our little town really a Mecca for the offspring of Saab-driving fathers and doily-wielding mothers, prompting a large number of applications from this type of people, or is it the powers-that-be in the admissions department who actually choose our social group?
..."
http://www.journalism.cf.ac.uk/Student/sjojb/Portfolio%20Pages/saintfocusclass.html

Maybe you like it. Port 1974 is quite good.
What books does the elite read? Where are they spending the summer, with whom?
Are they friendly relations between the different factories (Unis of course) producing Britains next snobery. Oxford and Durham students meeting for a pint after they debating society? Or St Andrews and Bristol students playing polo? Have a look at the picture: http://www.debatingsociety.org.uk/board-of-ten.shtml

Reply 11

Helenia

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BazTheMoney

*cough*Joey*cough*

I don't think I'm overly rah; I'd don't talk rah, but I do like port and whiskey, which is seen as quite rah. Hmmm.

But we do have some really really rah people round here.

He would be the paradigm example, though I think a lot of it is an act - and he's not an OE.

My sis says I'm a Cambridge rah, but I'm not a public school one :smile:

And you can't live in Windsor and Oxford and not talk reasonably well - although your choice of language might be less than gentlemanly :tongue:

Reply 12

BazTheMoney

Helenia

He would be the paradigm example, though I think a lot of it is an act - and he's not an OE.

My sis says I'm a Cambridge rah, but I'm not a public school one :smile:

And you can't live in Windsor and Oxford and not talk reasonably well - although your choice of language might be less than gentlemanly :tongue:

Well, I lived in Shrewsbury till I was like 15, which isn't quite as rah as Windsor. Of course I was at boarding school so it dosen't really matter where my family lived. I talk well, and probable to someone who hasn't meet many people like me I'm incredible rah, but compared to some people down here, I'm really not that rah at all.

Reply 13

Amb1

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There are many rahs at Bristol

Reply 14

d750

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Amb1

There are many rahs at Bristol

There isn't anything inherently wrong with rahs, just as there isn't anything inherently wrong with neds etc. But faux rahs and faux neds are intensely annoying.

Reply 15

dled

OP

Dear Rah community!
tell me about your job prospects. Politics, family business, agriculture :smile:

?
What are your plans after St Andrews, Durham, Bristol, Oxbridge, Edinburgh?
Just curious...

Reply 16

d750

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dled

Dear Rah community!
tell me about your job prospects. Politics, family business, agriculture :smile:

?
What are your plans after St Andrews, Durham, Bristol, Oxbridge, Edinburgh?
Just curious...

Perhaps you should explain your interest.

Reply 17

dled

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d750

Perhaps you should explain your interest.

If you wish me to explain you I will: 1. foreign politics (journalist or diplomat) 2. producer of films Maybe doing the wrong course for the second option. (International Relations, Modern Languages St Andrews)

Not a rah carrier, I reckon! And what about you after Camebridge and Oxford?