& Y' U8 \* F& w9 v' MOrwell would later write in a tone of pedantic irony that his family was among the “lower-upper-middle-class” ranks that dotted Edwardian society. 5 j7 {9 Z/ I* y' j& Y, Z6 o `' g# K- i) B% z; j: c$ k
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( D- g; B) }& L" C0 IThank you. I'll take your comment as a compliment. :P 9 R4 e5 v- n. e& S3 U4 o/ U( d; R. k' t4 k+ w8 L: A
I really don't have the foggiest idea on this one. Maybe it takes reading the whole article to come to fully understand it. Or you'll have to ask the author him/herself. 7 [6 D2 T# X+ t# h$ J3 F+ r* t7 V0 p: c3 v8 Y% Q
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Thank you. I'll take your comment as a compliment. :P
4 S4 C: I* ^: _) A" w' SOrwell would later write in a tone of pedantic irony that his family was among the “lower-upper-middle-class” ranks that dotted Edwardian society. ) |% [0 w! x0 ^9 y' c% T-------------------------------------------9 V" r% G! s$ t4 _* ^- q+ q5 T
I'd like to draw your attention to the phrase pedantic irony, which may shed light on the meaning of lower-upper-middle-class , and help in finding an equivalent for it in Chinese. * H( c# p3 S! o1 q% Q! L( wIn other words, all the contextual clues needed for understanding what is meant by lower-upper-middle-class is already here and there is no need for more. . D5 D* a4 [) w/ E! h
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