I have seen this happening sometimes and experienced it also. It can happen between boys and between girls. If she for example think麓s she is brighter and better in speaking than her friend she can put her hand over her mouth and keep it there for awhile and a friend who is from lower social class accepts it and let麓s it happen. Do you think it is a right way of acting, showing to one from lower level his/her place in hierarchy? And at a same time kind of indicating that she can not rise from there or make her try harder?|||I've never seen this happen in America! maybe in other countries (although not so sure about that) but that is VERY rude and ridiculous for someone to do.|||No one, regardless of class or social status, has any more rights than anyone else.|||I've never seen anyone other than children do this. How ridiculous!|||No, that behavior is completely out of line. First of all, as human beings, we are all equal regardless of our intelligence level or what we consider our social class to be. End of story.
Whomever thinks they are too good for another and behaves as such, is obviously not as good as they think they are and is definitely displaying a behavior of someone of much lower intelligence.|||The person who holds their hands over the mouth of another to make them stop speaking is extremely mean, rude and arrogant. We should all be willing to listen to the ideas expressed by others.|||erm i dunno - in terms of IW or whatever it sounds a bit patronising etc - in terms of class no way - everyone has a right to their opinion|||Try that in America and you'll get a finger bitten off.|||It's a ridiculous thing to do, and if someone tries that they should have their hand bitten the moment it gets close enough. I'm not joking either, that's just plain arrogant and rude, and shows no respect for the other person. Even if the person who is talking is talking rubbish, there are surely more polite ways to address the issue than that, and social class should have nothing to do with it.|||Back when i was in junior high (around 1972) someone tried silencing me with a hand over the mouth. I backed away and told them if they do it again, i will bite.
To this day, i have no idea why they didn't listen. They almost lost two fingers.
No one ever tried that with me after that day.|||Lol, wow....
Well I can see how it can be at times appropriate to talk over a friend you know has a hard time with words, I have done that myself. My friend was trying to explain something and surley I would talk over him because I knew what he was trying to say and could say it more appropriate than he. I never looked at it the way that you do|||As soon as someone is rude, they completely lose all claim to any sort of rank.
Why anyone would put up with the rudeness of someone clamping their hand over one's own mouth is beyond me.
What the person should do is stick their tongue out -- she'll pull away pronto.
Don't worry; the extremely rude person will get hers. She will be completely stomped until she becomes a civilized human being.
No, it's not a right way of acting; it's a completely no-class act, showing nearly zero intelligence.
If you're in a group of people, and Mary clamps her hand over John's mouth, you should say "John, what were you about to say? I'd really like to hear it!"
Ignore Mary until you get to hear what John has to say.
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