Oh look I made a poll

[slemslempike]

I was going to put an option of "hideous feminist troll-beast" for the first question, but I thought people might tick it for FUN, and I really want to know. I've sort of got an idea that it's a geographical/national difference, but I don't know.

For the second question, I have some French Fancies, and am eating my least favourite first.

[Poll #1631819]

Obviously feel free to skip over questions if you only want to answer some. The final question is pure nosiness, I tend to assume that people have the same background that I do and them and surprised when this is not true. Any other reflections on schools (or any other toopics in this fascinating survey) are very welcome in the comments.

Comments

[cakesy.livejournal.com]

What is this "worst" French fancy of which you speak???

[pescana.livejournal.com]

I don't know what French Fancies are, so I didn't answer that part. I also don't know what a selective state school is, but for ten out of fourteen years I went to what we call public schools (state). I went to co-ed Catholic school for one year, a private all girl boarding school for two years, and a private co-ed boarding school in Wales for a year. I also went to a private college (university) for my undergraduate degree.

I tend to think it was the boarding schools that affected me the most, but I wonder sometimes if I come off strange because I have all these different experiences.

[whatho.livejournal.com]

I say neither Mizz nor Muzz - it's more like M'ss. ' being a schwa, if that's how you spell schwa. I'm somehow not a fan of zeds.

[peeeeeeet.livejournal.com]

I wasn't sure if asking "are you a Catholic?" makes a school selective, though they did let a Methodist in. A Methodist! I'm assuming selective means more yer grammar school type place.

[gralyn.livejournal.com]

"whatho -- Imagine how David Mitchell would look if you asked him this question, and that's essentially my face."

This is very favourite answer!!

[wonderlanded.livejournal.com]

I tried a French fancy once. I don't get it. I really don't get it. They're not, like, objectionable but I wouldn't seek them out. Or eat one if it was on a plate in front of me.

Having read the comments, I picked 'Mizz' as being closest to a schwa which is what I wanted, so please change me to 'Muzz'!

And ugh, panties. I had successfully repressed that word.

[spiralsheep.livejournal.com]

Last time someone in my vicinity did a secondary school poll I was horrified to learn that there's another old girl from my school lurking around my friendsfriends. I WANT MY SIX DEGREES OF SEPERATION BACK!!1!!

(Also, someone I accidentally met offline in 2009 has been on my friendsfriends since 2006. GOOD GRIEF.)

[medland.livejournal.com]

I say Mzzz.

[slightlyfoxed.livejournal.com]

I'd forgotten 'panties' - they're worse than 'knickers' in a sexy way, partly because I associate them with a rap lyric with pretty good internal rhymes: 'My dandy voice makes anti-choice grannies' panties moist...'

[whatsagirlgotta.livejournal.com]

The school options don't cover my school, so I went with the one that matched my experience most closely. It was a comp with a grammar stream so I only got to go because I passed my 12 plus. Although the only major difference, grammar streamers got to do German and French.

[huskyteer.livejournal.com]

When is secondary? I was at a mixed day prep school aged 8-12, and a single-sex boarding-school 13-17, both private.

[hfnuala.livejournal.com]

Technically my school wasn't a state one, as it was run by nuns, but it didn't have an entrance exam and the fees (on top of what they got per pupil from the government) were voluntary.

[citruses.livejournal.com]

I'd quite like to change from Miss to Ms at some point -- I don't know what age it's usual to start presenting yourself as a Ms? -- but I don't think I will, because then I'd be "Mizz Lizz". Even "Muzz Lizz" does not sound good. Yet another problem with my irritating first name!

Also, I answered "underwear" to the first underwear-related question, but only because I thought you meant bras and socks as well. (I'd use "underwear" as a catch-all term for the different types, though I know it's often used for knickers alone.) Knickers on their own are "pants", so consider that my answer :)

[gair.livejournal.com]

I went to a single-sex selective state school for 3 1/2 years and then co-educational private non-selective schools for 3 1/2 years (two different ones). But in the poll I was only willing to own up to the first EVEN THOUGH MY SIXTH FORM WAS BASICALLY HOGWARTS.