Posh. А вы знали?
Мой внутренний лингвист сегодня получил большое удовольствие.
Оказывается, POSH - это аббревиатура, обозначающая класс самых дорогих кают на Британско-Индийских рейсах.
... the rich people going out to India would have their cabins on the boat or their staterooms on the port side on the way out to India and on the way back again they would be on the starboard side. And that meant that they would get the views of the coastline and it would also mean they would be in the shade and wouldn't get sunburn.
So those were the more expensive cabins on the port out and starboard home, p-o-s-h
Оказывается, POSH - это аббревиатура, обозначающая класс самых дорогих кают на Британско-Индийских рейсах.
... the rich people going out to India would have their cabins on the boat or their staterooms on the port side on the way out to India and on the way back again they would be on the starboard side. And that meant that they would get the views of the coastline and it would also mean they would be in the shade and wouldn't get sunburn.
So those were the more expensive cabins on the port out and starboard home, p-o-s-h