[gerdesj]

The milk first and milk second thing has been around for as long as I can recall (I'm 53). Mis and mif! Never a class marker but just a preference.

My mum was half Manc and half Devonian (to one gen) and my dad is half Irish and half North Hants to one gen. I can easily claim all UK nationalities within two generations and German within four. Cornwall, 14th gen via mum, Padstow. I've got the lot!

In reality, you end up with a tea pot going cold with stewed tea in it and you wack some milk and tea in a cup.

Get a grip and drink tea and stop pontificating about the stuff. Its just tea. Yummy!

[smcin]

It's not so important these days since most ceramics don't shatter much.

But is said to still be a class marker.