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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eating in the streetis such bad manners! It's true!
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crackhouseceilidhband Fuck off back to Mumsnet, Thu 16 Oct 2008, 16:13,
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Well of course you're right...I can't really disagree with her (and you) on that point. It's like one long parade of Gregg's pasties being gnashed up and down the High Street some days, with puff pastry going everywhere like snow. Horrible.
However, it is slightly embarrassing when she sits in a cafe with a knife and fork eating her sandwiches as though she was having a normal meal. You get some very odd looks. Well, she does.
Now, over the years I've learned not to be embarrassed by things my parents do, but if she's going to start adding new oddities I'm obviously fighting a losing battle.
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