Eton: An Activity in Text Choice
Etonians – that is, those who formally attended Eton College – refer to ‘school’ exactly rather than generically. Thus, when Old Etonians meet those they suspect of being Old Etonians, they may ask the question ‘did you go to school?’ This interrogative only has one school in mind, and for most readers of this website it is not the one you attended. So it goes. Eton may just about be the most famous school in the...