Classless (UNCLASSIFIED)

[Mullins, Bill AMRDEC]

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Michael is correct -- that's how I intended it to be understood.  I
almost said nyekulturnyy, which I think is Russian for the concept I was
trying to convey.



> -----Original Message-----
> From: Michael Quinion [mailto:worldwidewords at gmail.com] On
> Behalf Of Michael Quinion
> Sent: Wednesday, January 30, 2008 1:50 PM
> To: Mullins, Bill AMRDEC; ADS-L at LISTSERV.UGA.EDU
> Subject: Classless
>
> In Bill Mullins's note, he used the word "classless". To me,
> perhaps from a surfeit of British preoccupations with class,
> that means a person who does not belong to any particular
> social class. He's obviously using to mean a person who lacks
> class. So far as I know, this won't work in British English,
> but is it a common US form?
>
>
> --
> Michael Quinion
> Editor, World Wide Words
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