Posted by PeterH on June 03, 2006 at 14:23:02 from 86.130.127.249 user Peter_H.
In Reply to: Re: Grass nest monster was No more Pish or Tosh posted by Prue Eckett on June 02, 2006 at 22:55:51:
Not quite sure what Prue is getting at, but I fear the worst. BTW, 'Victorian Governesses' should not be derided: they were in the main comparatively well-educated but very poorly paid. They were typically drawn from the lower-middle class, the 'clerk' class, and to get a good 'situation' was all they could hope for. They may have said 'Pish' and 'Tosh' but it was far more likely that their employers would use those terms, I reckon.