English geographical insult
May. 27th, 2010 09:30 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
I'm in search of some fairly specialized English knowledge, here. I need the name of a town or region that a rather snobbish upper-class Englishman (in 1939) might use as an example of provincial narrow-mindedness. [ETA: Of the middle-class rather than rural or working-class variety.] He's putting down someone who has just expressed an attitude he considers unsophisticated, and the line will be something like "You sound like a vicar's daughter from X."
Any suggestions?
Any suggestions?
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Date: 2010-05-28 12:01 pm (UTC)ETA: sorry, too rural. Nothing comes to mind, though. Or what about Surbiton?
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Date: 2010-05-28 05:46 pm (UTC)Folks on LJ have suggested Tunbridge Wells, which sounds about perfect.