What determines something as common and tacky

?Beauty & tackiness is in the eye of the beholder! Therefore the judgments made are not universal...... one man’s ( woman’s) meat Is another man’s/ woman’s poison ?

I went to a Secondary Modern School and we were told, in no uncertain terms, that we should not be seen eating in the street whilst in our school uniform. I'm still uncomfortable about doing it 60 years later.

My mum used to refer to one of our neighbours as " Fur coat and no knickers "....??

Kitty123that was one of the first things my mother said when I told her I was pregnant
( and unmarried ) " what will the neighbours say "
#hangs head in shame.

Why is that when we look at something and think it look beautiful that’s acceptable but if we look at something and think it looks awful that’s judgemental??
I am sure we all look at people and things and judge them, subconsciously or not, how else do we decide if we like something?

i heard a comment on the bus between two young ladies . it was SHE ? whoever that was was wearing trackers she's like trash fashion...??? made me smile ... who cares what you wear.... said that as i got off the bus ...they heard and just looked at me. so i said its what is inside that matters.

My late mother-in-law was a real ‘Hyacinth Bucket’ snob but thought nothing of smoking in the street - something that my mother (very working-class, and a smoker) described as common.

chrissyh Wed 05-Aug-20 13:10:24
"I went to a Secondary Modern School and we were told, in no uncertain terms, that we should not be seen eating in the street whilst in our school uniform. I'm still uncomfortable about doing it 60 years later".

I'd never be able to get into my school uniform now!

Grannybags

When I had my ears pierced aged about 13 my teacher said I looked like a tart and a gypsy - I assume that's common!

Hahahahahaha I don't know why but I find that sooooooooo funny.....

chrissyh

I went to a Secondary Modern School and we were told, in no uncertain terms, that we should not be seen eating in the street whilst in our school uniform. I'm still uncomfortable about doing it 60 years later.

Does your school uniform still fit you then.....? Hahaha

My husband, upon learning I had purchased a new car, said "oh that's quite a common car these days" - I simply replied "popular"!

I do remember my dad saying you are not wearing one of those it was a ankle chain, was never allowed big hooped earrings as he said they reminded him of the things his friends parrot swung on, goodness knows what he would think of the thick false eyelashes two pairs that some girls wear, and trout lips,

Crikey! What an entertaining thread today!

I finally had my ears pierced when I was 30 when I decided I was old enough to defy my Mum who always thought they looked common. I’m 66 now!

It's like porn. I can't describe it but I know it when I see it.

"It takes a lot of money to look this cheap" - I love it!

Perceived tacky and common in the fifties: wearing a headscarf rather than a hat; bare legs; dyed hair. I remember a member of office staff being sent home to change for being inappropriately dressed - wearing a see through blouse revealing her underwear.

Oh, happy days!!

C &T:

Too much money and taste all in the mouth!!

One of the first things described as common on the MN thread was grandmothers being called Nanna. I was outraged.

We had the “no eating in the street” rule at school too. I’m so glad I’ve risen above it. I do enjoy an occasional pasty sitting on the bench outside Gregg’s.

PipandFinn

chrissyh

I went to a Secondary Modern School and we were told, in no uncertain terms, that we should not be seen eating in the street whilst in our school uniform. I'm still uncomfortable about doing it 60 years later.

Does your school uniform still fit you then.....? Hahaha

Very good Pip ?

Maggiemaybe

One of the first things described as common on the MN thread was grandmothers being called Nanna. I was outraged.

We had the “no eating in the street” rule at school too. I’m so glad I’ve risen above it. I do enjoy an occasional pasty sitting on the bench outside Gregg’s.

Personally, I don’t like ‘nanna’ or ‘nan’, but don’t think it’s common.

I am intrigued as to what MN think is suitable for grandmothers to be called?

That’s beyond The Pale Maggie ....you should at least have the decency to walk around the corner before you scoff it
( preferably in a dark alley )?

A colleague of my mother’s once described someone’s over-abundant cleavage as, ‘Her dumplings are boiling over.’* ?

The things you remember after God knows how many years!

*and yes, such a display was seen as common, not that I ever recall my mother using that word. ‘Dreadful’ would be more like it.

I am intrigued as to what MN think is suitable for grandmothers to be called?

I’m thinking of getting the sprogs to call me Grandmamma.

I had to wait till I was 70 to become a grandmother - quite honestly I really don't care what I am called.

When my eldest son and his wife were expecting GC1, his MiL got into an enormous tizzy about what she and I should be called. I had several lengthy emails from her wanting to discuss it in detail, and she couldn’t get her head around the idea that I really don’t care what the grandchildren call me.

My MiL was Nain-Nain, but FiL refused to be called Taid - said it sounded like washing powder.