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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Oh GODnow we're talking.
It'll take a day or two while I assemble my full list, but before i forget...
bread bins.
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browser still relating boring anecdotes into a void on, Thu 16 Oct 2008, 16:19,
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Eh?What's wrong with bread bins?
*scratches head*
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Maybeit's the word "bin"? Should they be called bread larders, or bread pantries?
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