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Re:England's Upper Classes – A Dangerous Cult by ttctciyf on Friday July 30, 2021 @06:46AM (#28006573)
> everyone on your list went to public school.

*Note for non-Brits: "public school" is the British way of saying "private school"[1]

1: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public_school_(United_Kingdom)

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Re:England's Upper Classes – A Dangerous Cult by carnitine on Friday July 30, 2021 @09:06AM (#28007511)
Public schools are a type of private school in the UK, it’s not a direct mapping.
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Re:England's Upper Classes – A Dangerous Cult by ttctciyf on Friday July 30, 2021 @09:39AM (#28007816)
But a lot closer to what most non-British people would understand by "private school" than what they would by "public school"

The Wikipedia link I provided has the details.

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