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Topic: Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Love the nob in the landrover getting stuck
Posted by: Dan Murphy
Date/Time: 25/08/15 06:22:00

Richard, I believe the word "nob" stems from "nobilite", meaning of high wealth or social position, as you say.

When commoners were first permitted to attend Universities (through scholarships), the wealthy nobs used to write "sine nobilite" on their doors, to mark them out as poor commoners, pretending to be part of the wealthy social elite.

And "sine nobilite" became the word snob.

Carry on...

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Love the nob in the landrover getting stuck24/08/15 08:39:00 James Robinson
   Re:Love the nob in the landrover getting stuck24/08/15 09:43:00 Anne Brown
      Re:Re:Love the nob in the landrover getting stuck24/08/15 09:48:00 Elizabeth Jane Daley
         Re:Re:Re:Love the nob in the landrover getting stuck24/08/15 12:27:00 Gregory Turner
            Re:Re:Re:Re:Love the nob in the landrover getting stuck24/08/15 12:46:00 Alison Neary
               Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Love the nob in the landrover getting stuck24/08/15 16:54:00 Elizabeth Ross
                  Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Love the nob in the landrover getting stuck24/08/15 18:24:00 Richard Greenhough
                     Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Love the nob in the landrover getting stuck24/08/15 18:25:00 Claire Moran
                     Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Love the nob in the landrover getting stuck25/08/15 06:22:00 Dan Murphy
                        Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Love the nob in the landrover getting stuck25/08/15 06:53:00 Robert Fish
                           Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Love the nob in the landrover getting stuck25/08/15 07:16:00 Colin Jordan
                              Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Love the nob in the landrover getting stuck25/08/15 08:00:00 Guy Lambert
                                 Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Love the nob in the landrover getting stuck25/08/15 08:07:00 Will Watson
                                    Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Love the nob in the landrover getting stuck26/08/15 08:51:00 James Robinson
                                       Re: nobs and nabobs26/08/15 09:36:00 Stuart Kerr
                                          Re:Re: nobs and nabobs26/08/15 09:41:00 bobby osborne
                                             Re:Re:Re: nobs and nabobs26/08/15 10:30:00 Adrian Irving
                                                Re:Re:Re:Re: nobs and nabobs26/08/15 11:06:00 Stuart Kerr
                                                   Re:Re:Re:Re:Re: nobs and nabobs26/08/15 11:51:00 bobby osborne
                                                      Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re: nobs and nabobs26/08/15 12:55:00 Adrian Irving

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