Is there an American equivalent of a "tweedy ol' Brit?&

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I am under the impression that a "tweedy" Brit is a well known stereotype in UK.

Is there an American equivalent? Or near equivalent?

What would the American's uniform of choice be?

Other:

Are Brits perturbed by the Apple ad where PC guy wears a tweed jacket? He is portrayed as an American nerd. An overweight, greasy haired, pale, and pimply American nerd.

Does it portray contrary to the tweedy ol' Brit stereotype I read about?

[Guest]

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"Preppy" or "Ivy League" are terms that readily come to mind.

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Trad.

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If I had to describe what the expression "tweedy old Brit" brings to my mind, it would be a stereotype: a beetroot-complexioned old gent in a three-piece hairy tweed suit and a brown trilby, with white or at least grey hair, perhaps a toothbrush moustache, fiercely holding pre-Thatcherite Tory opinions, a Telegraph reader (especially now that the Times has been Murdochized), possessing a Sergeant-Major's voice (ex-Army officer), a deep distrust of "abroad" and foreigners, a keen interest in sports (Rugby, not soccer, cricket, racing, country sports, etc...), living in the country, C of E, a dog-owner (serious dogs, not chihuahuas or poodles), and probably a kind heart underneath a frightful exterior.

I wonder if there are many such left of that type.

I wonder if the stereotype was ever much more than that, a stereotype built up in books (Agatha Christie) and films.

Frog in Suit

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If I had to describe what the expression "tweedy old Brit" brings to my mind, it would be a stereotype: a beetroot-complexioned old gent in a three-piece hairy tweed suit and a brown trilby, with white or at least grey hair, perhaps a toothbrush moustache, fiercely holding pre-Thatcherite Tory opinions, a Telegraph reader (especially now that the Times has been Murdochized), possessing a Sergeant-Major's voice (ex-Army officer), a deep distrust of "abroad" and foreigners, a keen interest in sports (Rugby, not soccer, cricket, racing, country sports, etc...), living in the country, C of E, a dog-owner (serious dogs, not chihuahuas or poodles), and probably a kind heart underneath a frightful exterior.

I wonder if there are many such left of that type.

I wonder if the stereotype was ever much more than that, a stereotype built up in books (Agatha Christie) and films.

I remember such people from my childhood (1960s) - long gone and very dear old people so that I can even name them in affectionate remembrance. A group of them used to go to a C of E church called St Mewan in central Cornwall outside which most of them now lie near each other: Colonel and Mrs Coode (ex-Indian Army) - he generally in a mid gray flannel suit - always baggy at the knees, sturdy oxblood oxfords, tweed top coat or mac (depending on the season) and never too smart - just so; the widowed Mrs Williams (husband had been in the Indian Civil Service) and her sister, Miss Penwarden - both enormously proud of their old Cornish name; Mr and Mrs Polmounter (an ex-foreman of a clawy works) and the loudest singer in the congregation was the aptly named Cyril Organ; tall and thin and very neat. Alan Andrew (captain of the Bell Ringers - wonderful bells they are) and his cousin Kathleen Gaved (noted for her charitable services) and several others - indeed, all always very neat and restrained and generally very quiet in the recitals of the prayers but prepared to let rip for favourite hymns - and then several others whom I can still see; all the women in dark hats and big hat pins, all of which varied little from week and then the little choir and the Rector Mr Jupp a large and jolly man, whose cure of souls included a small ghost child in the haunted Rectory (he described the form to my father - not a man to disbelieve) and then my father and then me easily the yoiungest at 5 years old. The thing that I remember most of all is that ,no matter how old or frail they were, they always managed to decline to their knees for prayer, unlike today when many people simply lean forward as they sit. Maybe that says much about these people but FiS I promise you that they did exist.
NJS
Frog in Suit

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Tweedy Old Brit--American style?

Certainly--The the senior George Bush, the late William F. Buckley, the late George Plimpton, the late Senator Daniel Patrick Moynihan, to name a few.

Wow--quite a few of them seem to be dead.

Well, there they are.

C

[Guest]

Tweedy Old Brit--American style?

Certainly--The the senior George Bush, the late William F. Buckley, the late George Plimpton, the late Senator Daniel Patrick Moynihan, to name a few.

Wow--quite a few of them seem to be dead.

Well, there they are.

C

But are they all in a line?
NJS.