On Wed, 15 Oct 2008 22:46:35 +0200, andrel <a_l### [at] hotmailcom> wrote:

>> That sounds a bit like snobbery to me.
>
>Why? I have seen quite a few skillful carpenters and constructors (or 
>whatever their job description is in English) in mechanical workshops 
>and I have simply never seen any indication that any size was more 
>special to them than others. So I think it is logical to assume that 
>anyone who thinks 40 is more basic than 33 is forcing himself to think 
>in numbers in stead of in materials.

I think that this is a cultural thing and I am guilty of being British.
Engineers and artisans are looked down on in the UK (but not on the Continent)
Reading it with British eyes it sounded to me as if you were being condescending
to "those with no relevant education and no skills in carpentry"  Anyway it is
(IMO) with what you are brought up with.

>Which is of course also a generalization from my own experience. I am an 
>extremely bad carpenter and that is one of the major reasons. Which 
>raises another interesting question: can you be snobbish towards yourself?

Oh yes and there is inverted snobery as well :)
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Regards
     Stephen

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