Academic Snobbery
Oct. 15th, 2008 03:04 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
rhythmaningI was talking to my friend A. last week, and she mentioned that she was now attached to All Souls College, rather than Catz, where she used to be based.
Catz is a comparatively new institution, founded in 1962; All Souls is over five hundred years older, and occupies an esteemed position in British academia.
When A. told me this, I couldn’t help thinking, and saying, “You know, this may sound snobby, but being a fellow of All Souls sounds a lot better than being a fellow of Catz.”
And she replied, “That’s because it is!”
It was only afterwards that I realised I wasn’t sure if she meant All Souls or my snobbery.
And two other thoughts: if the fellows of All Souls are so smart, how come they forgot to use an apostrophe?
And whilst Catz may not be as good, it did seem appropriate for A.: her cat has had another litter of kittens, and she seemed surrounded by the animals!
Catz is a comparatively new institution, founded in 1962; All Souls is over five hundred years older, and occupies an esteemed position in British academia.
When A. told me this, I couldn’t help thinking, and saying, “You know, this may sound snobby, but being a fellow of All Souls sounds a lot better than being a fellow of Catz.”
And she replied, “That’s because it is!”
It was only afterwards that I realised I wasn’t sure if she meant All Souls or my snobbery.
And two other thoughts: if the fellows of All Souls are so smart, how come they forgot to use an apostrophe?
And whilst Catz may not be as good, it did seem appropriate for A.: her cat has had another litter of kittens, and she seemed surrounded by the animals!