The Big 'Which Cambridge College?' Thread

Win.

(or "merked" if we're speaking 'chav' )

Lol exactly, chavs call everyone who's remotely decent rahs.

You're correct. Chavs have enough brain power to invent new words. You can only remember half of a word so use that instead.

I don't think many chavs would know what a rah. IMO it is a term used mainly by people people planning on attending university/ at university.

It's quite sad that Ali can't understand the ability of people to speak "proper" English and slang - even if it's just for a laugh. It's not like they're mutually exclusive.

Well, we don't really know what you're looking for in a college, so it might be a bit hard. Different people like different things about different colleges. If you let us know what you're looking for, then we might be able to help.

How can we comment when we don't know your proposed subject, anything about your personality / interests, or what you want in a college?

Hey Ali, I think some of the things you say are a bit... urm.. risky.. like the going into primark thing, I mean I get things from there so it's a bit offensive.

I also wear Jack Wills though... I don't think it's fair how people are being so nasty on your formspring I think people should just leave you alone

The Primark thing wasn't meant to cause offence, it was in response to people insulting Jack Wills, sorry if it offended you. And we were only laughing at the chavs lol, you know the kind who shout in their really annoying voices across the shops?

Yeah there's loads of JW hate on here for some reason.

Yeah

I love JW, not so that I fit in, I just like the concept of it being traditional and English and I like the style of the clothes They're a bit pricey but it doesn't bother me too much.

I think the people on your formspring have gone way too far and should be ashamed of themselves, if they think you're harsh, they're 100x worse.

Sorry for not reading all million pages of this before I comment, but I don't think anybody was retracting their views very fast!

I'm pretty disgusted by this blatant marginalisation of the working class. You will argue you are using the word 'chav' to only mean somebody who commits petty crime and shouts abuse at strangers, but by using this subtle class label ("Council Housed And Violent") you will judge every single person you meet who is not a monied Telegraph reader. It's not about 'just spending some money on theatre tickets' really, is it? Just try to imagine you're born into an area where everybody inherently detests all those notions of 'high culture' and 'politics' because it's the practice of the upper class who have, historically, a. been your landlords/bosses who make ten times what you do yet just boss people around for a living and (obviously not everyone thinks this, but the divide is subtly drilled in in all kinds of ways) b. looked down on you for being 'uncultured'.

It's not a thing that's easy to get out of. Do you really think, if you were born in a family where your parents were uneducated, sick of working on minimum wage and have only been exposed to 'low class' pleasures, you'd be asking for theatre tickets? Historically, these people are poor because they never belonged to the aristocracy et al and never muscled in with the nouveau riche when all that stuff happened come the Industrial Revolution. They were subsequently treated like ****. Poverty and exploitation breeds lack of education (ignorance, NOT stupidity), which breeds unhappiness, lack of fulfilment, living below the breadline, etc. It's this that causes unhappy, restless behaviour like shouting at people. It is nobody's fault, all of us would act exactly the same brought up in these cirumstances. If you don't believe me, suggested watching is Fishbowl and Billy Liar/Saturday Night and Sunday Morning.

I live in one of the poorest postcodes in Southampton, I went to a special measures state school where the tiniest percentage end up at university, I socialise with people who have dropped out of the education system, yet I read, watch foreign films and am applying to Cambridge. Stick that one up your arse Miss. "don't worry I live on the nice side of town"!

That is all.

Sorry for not reading all million pages of this before I comment, but I don't think anybody was retracting their views very fast!

I'm pretty disgusted by this blatant marginalisation of the working class. You will argue you are using the word 'chav' to only mean somebody who commits petty crime and shouts abuse at strangers, but by using this subtle class label ("Council Housed And Violent") you will judge every single person you meet who is not a monied Telegraph reader. It's not about 'just spending some money on theatre tickets' really, is it? Just try to imagine you're born into an area where everybody inherently detests all those notions of 'high culture' and 'politics' because it's the practice of the upper class who have, historically, a. been your landlords/bosses who make ten times what you do yet just boss people around for a living and (obviously not everyone thinks this, but the divide is subtly drilled in in all kinds of ways) b. looked down on you for being 'uncultured'.

It's not a thing that's easy to get out of. Do you really think, if you were born in a family where your parents were uneducated, sick of working on minimum wage and have only been exposed to 'low class' pleasures, you'd be asking for theatre tickets? Historically, these people are poor because they never belonged to the aristocracy et al and never muscled in with the nouveau riche when all that stuff happened come the Industrial Revolution. They were subsequently treated like ****. Poverty and exploitation breeds lack of education (ignorance, NOT stupidity), which breeds unhappiness, lack of fulfilment, living below the breadline, etc. It's this that causes unhappy, restless behaviour like shouting at people. It is nobody's fault, all of us would act exactly the same brought up in these cirumstances. If you don't believe me, suggested watching is Fishbowl and Billy Liar/Saturday Night and Sunday Morning.

I live in one of the poorest postcodes in Southampton, I went to a special measures state school where the tiniest percentage end up at university, I socialise with people who have dropped out of the education system, yet I read, watch foreign films and am applying to Cambridge. Stick that one up your arse Miss. "don't worry I live on the nice side of town"!

That is all.

Jesus has a volleyball team ....and lots of volleyball takes place next door on Jesus Green

Ok, I'll shush with the advertising