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High brow or low brow?

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Bags Thu 26-Jul-12 13:48:50

Some people are just snobs hmm

Anagram Thu 26-Jul-12 13:47:23

Yes, the telly thing was just an example - I know what you mean Bags, there are certain subjects which aren't generally seen as 'high' or 'low' brow...but people can still get snobby about them!

Bags Thu 26-Jul-12 13:42:39

Well, I don't watch telly at all, but .....

Oh, never mind. Definitely both. But it depends on the brow, if you see what I mean – qualities other than its, um, height wink

gracesmum Thu 26-Jul-12 13:42:22

I love that word because you have to be a bit high brow to use it!! We shouldn't need to feel categorised though. When I was a child my father used to be very scathing about TV (we didn't even have one till I was 12 and the set we had given my grandparents reverted to us when they died) and if he didn't like the look of something would say "Is that that commercial television?"
I suppose I am a bit like hmm - one brow up and one brow down.

janthea Thu 26-Jul-12 13:41:57

A bit of both, I think!

Anagram Thu 26-Jul-12 13:39:00

Not in some quarters, when! You know how sniffy people can get about Coronation Street and Eastenders....(not me of course, although I don't watch Eastenders any more wink)

whenim64 Thu 26-Jul-12 13:33:05

Eclectic. Aren't high brow and low brow definitions subjective?

Nonu Thu 26-Jul-12 13:23:29

On the whole , a little of both , I think my tastes are quite eclectic

petallus Thu 26-Jul-12 13:15:45

Are you high brown or low brow?

Do you have to be one or the other or is it possible to be both at the same time?

I like Coronation Street on the tele and heavy stuff at the threatre.

Wondered what others thought.