So though the literature may sound elitist more than 135,000 households are eligible.

It sounds elitist, but this is a pinot noir for connoisseurs.

That sounds really bratty and elitist now.

This may sound elitist, but the best airplane interiors are on private jets.

That does not sound elitist to me.

That does sound unnecessarily elitist, but maybe it will concentrate the site to its technologists' roots.

"That sounds elitist, I know," he said.

Ms. Sussman has apparently concluded that discrimination sounds suspiciously elitist.

Now he belongs to a private country club in Connecticut, which is rather embarrassing - "it sounds elitist and it is."

But his most recent musing at www.sethgodin.typepad.com starts to sound a little elitist.