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DH> 
 DH> Today it persists as a comedic shorthand for snobbery, which is
almost the opposite of its intended signal. It`s a gesture that outlived
its social context entirely and became a caricature of what it once
tried to signal.
DH> -------------- (from an AI search)
DH> 
 DH> All of this to say that the lady was trying to be aristocracy
and failed miserably.

I see this made fun of sometimes in British sitcoms.

Mike

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