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Justin Brown @ Silicon Canals · 12/08/2025 21:02 EDT

7 things lower-middle-class people say that instantly reveal their background

The words we use don’t just communicate what we think. They reveal how we were taught to think about money, work, and worth. Language is a class marker. Sociolinguists have known this for decades: the words we choose, the phrases we reach for without thinking, the assumptions baked into our everyday speech all signal where ... Read more

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