> Awakened Class), a much more sophisticated form of vocabulary suffices,
> putting them at ease. When describing something distasteful or outré,
> never,
> ever employ the epithet "suck." This makes one appear cheap and unserious.
> Instead, when talking about a certain negative topic, "frightful,"
> "ghastly," or "appalling" are far more effective and adult forms of
> expression. The People (aka The Soon To Be, etc.) will immediately see
> that
> you are serious, and will then be open to appeals to their radical,
> anti-imperialist conscience.
>
> Sir Perringrine
>
Naturally, and don't forget to leaven the entire discourse with a soupcon of "what-ho", "tally-ho", "toodle-pip", and "I say!"
Seriously, though, is American self-hatred so far advanced that you automatically internalise criticism of the demotic and project the mandarin onto some mythical English aristocrat?