"Chris S" <JasonP@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> "soupdragon" <me@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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>> "Chris S" <JasonP@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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>>> "True Blue" <Whig@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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>>>>>>>>>>> Over 100,000 fans went and there were just 40 arrests, far
>>>>>>>>>>> less than would occur in Manchester over a normal weekend.
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> Football sup****ters are chavs
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Does that include the millionaire business owners of the clubs
>>>>>>>>> than?
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> YES! - they are *especially* chav. The typical club owner is a
>>>>>>>> bling bedecked, gaudy, super-chav.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Strange how you think some of the worlds top businessmen are
>>>>>>> chavs. I detect a hint of envy.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> You are a defective detective! I admire people who are self made,
>>>>>> but sometimes their tastes are not to mine.
>>>>>
>>>>> And plainly your definition of what is a chav is very different
>>>>> from the standard definition
>>>>>
>>>>> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chav
>>>>>
>>>>> Chav also Charv/Charver are mainly derogatory slang terms in the
>>>>> United Kingdom for a stereotype fixated on low quality or
>>>>> counterfeit goods. It commonly refers to those belonging to a
>>>>> youth sub-culture, often stereotypically associated with a low
>>>>> socio-economic class, a striking dress sense and criminal
>>>>> activity.
>>>>>
>>>>> Anyone who can afford the price of a ticket isn't exactly of low
>>>>> economic class uh?
>>>>
>>>> Piffle and pedantry! The definition is much wider than very poor
>>>> "standard" definition (actually a wiki srticle) you quote.
>>>> Remember; "if in doubt, True Blue is right"
>>>
>>> The maybe you could source your definition?
>>>
>>
>> From your same source:
>> "Footballer Wayne Rooney[11] and girlfriend Coleen McLoughlin,[12]
>> rapper Lady Sovereign,[13] glamour model Jordan,[14] actress
>> Danniella Westbrook,[15], former Big Brother contestant Jade
>> Goody[16] and Kerry Katona[17] have also been labelled "chavs" by
>> British tabloids. Jade Goody admitted in a magazine interview to
>> having the burberry check pattern tatooed on one of her buttocks. "
>> None of those are exactly short of a few bob, so the notion that it's
>> those of "low economic class" doesn't really hold.
>
> I think the clue is in; "labelled "chavs" by British tabloids"; don't
> always believe what the papers say.
...or Wiki? Besides, clothing of choice of the chav - Burberry gear -
isn't exactly cheap, so not what the low economic class are going
to be spla****ng out on. Better definition of a chav is one who dresses
in a particular style and engages in anti-social behaviour.
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