CommonFreddy Woo writes, "My wife thinks calling the front room a lounge is common. Worse, a friend of hers recently admonished her daughter for calling a toilet, a toilet. Lavatory darling. It's lavatory."
My own mother refused to let me use the word 'oblong' instead of 'rectangle'. Which is just odd, to be honest.
What stuff do you think is common?
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chthonic, Thu 16 Oct 2008, 16:06)
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Also, everyone here needs to read this book:Watching the English by Kate Fox.
Has some very good insights about English society's class structure. One important one being that it's not really about money at all (so in defense of this QOTW, it's is not a matter of "hahaha they're poorer than me").
And, as per Kate Fox, "lavatory" is quite possibly more common than "toilet". Or at least, it's pretentiously middle class. The *truly* upper-class call it the "loo".
(, Thu 16 Oct 2008, 19:38, 3 replies)
On a similar subject,the stupid bint of a manager in one of my previous workplaces had a grudge against me, which manifested itself in many ways. For instance, during a quiet period she noticed me leaving my place by the hob.
"Where are you going?!" she snapped.
"To the bog."
"I beg your pardon?"
"I said: I am going to the toilet," I explained with strained patience.
"You mean the loo?"
I suppose you had to be there to really appreciate how annoyingly patronising this was, but I wanted so badly to punch her in the face right there and then.
(, Thu 16 Oct 2008, 20:25, closed)
Great book......and yes, as this thread shows we are a nation of whiners.
(Same with 'tea' 'dinner' and 'supper'.)
(, Fri 17 Oct 2008, 10:45, closed)
Round our way it's nettyAlthough apparently it derives from 'Cabinetti' in Italian, small room, which I think is pretty fun.
(, Sat 18 Oct 2008, 9:11, closed)
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