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This article seems to be claiming that people with a larger vocabulary (as tested by a vocab test) are more likely to drink, not 'people of class'.
by harpastum 16y ago
This article seems to be claiming that people with a larger vocabulary (as tested by a vocab test) are more likely to drink, not 'people of class'.
- mtrichardson 16y agohttp://blogs.discovermagazine.com/gnxp/2010/05/people-of-class-drink-alcohol/#comment-22560 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/gnxp/2010/05/people-of-cla... Summary of that comment: Attitudes towards scripture is the primary predictor, though WORDSUM and education still have significant effects.
- TheBranca18 16y agoInteresting that this correlates with my experience as well. I moved from New England down to North Carolina and the difference in alcohol intake (and religion for that matter) is truly startling.
- J3L2404 16y agoClassy people use small words.
- blogimus 16y agoYes, and they tend not to utilize them.
- rosshudgens 16y agoThis article seems to be claiming that intelligence = class.
- endtime 16y agoActually, it's implicitly claiming that large vocabulary is the same as class.
- yalurker 16y agoWhich may sound shocking, even offensive at first. However, the correlation between vocabulary and socio-economic class is a very concrete result of many other studies, such that it is a reasonable thing to leave implicit in this case.