Are there other similar linguistic phenomena?
Sticking to prepositional shibboleths, another one that comes to mind concerns professional athletes and sports teams:
Low status: “X is on the Texas Rangers.” (Generalized from the use of “on” in expressions like “whose team are you on?”)
High status: “X is with the Texas Rangers.” (Standard expression used in the specific context by sports journalists, etc.)
Sticking to prepositional shibboleths, another one that comes to mind concerns professional athletes and sports teams:
Low status: “X is on the Texas Rangers.” (Generalized from the use of “on” in expressions like “whose team are you on?”)
High status: “X is with the Texas Rangers.” (Standard expression used in the specific context by sports journalists, etc.)