I realize most of you grew up in tasteful families with genteel manners, where everyone was born knowing which fork to use for dessert and which fork to use for salad. I grew up in a family that was proud to have forks. We did have some couth. …
You and Your Big Mouth: Tom Wolfe on how the Honks and Wonks reveal the phonetic truth about status. From the archives of New York magazine. It first appeared in two parts in the April 8 and 15, 1968.