But Trevor, what has any of that fine disdain to do with money? As a
spate in the history of straight-talk vs. fine-words it's all very well,
there is of course a class structure to that supposed division though
recently I'd suggest that has become a simulated class structure
reflective more of institutional privileges than social ones. Stephen
says that the big universities make cash from their high brows. Well
perhaps, though decreasingly compared to US counterparts. But anyhow,
this doesn't make it into the pockets (or unimpeded into the conscience)
of those of us living here. The grounds of division are leisure, not
money. I'm absolutely fucking skint, and anyone who suggests that my
language is 'moneyed' because elaborate is thinking very idly indeed. The
association must be discredited by real exigency, or it becomes the most
pompous of reflex put-downs. Now, Toni Morrison's language -- THAT'S
'moneyed'.
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