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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People with hyphenated surnamesIt means that:
a) Your parents are trying to sound posh, and TRYING to sound posh is common, or
b) They have commitment issues, and are probably sluts.
*EDIT* Ok, ok, European/American hyphenated surnames.
(, Thu 16 Oct 2008, 18:02, 4 replies)
what ifits an african hyphenated surname? because I have one, and it does not sound posh in the slightest
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my mother's maiden name was hyphenatedbut back when it was hyphenated her family was actually posh
so there
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Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Thu 16 Oct 2008, 18:27,
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I have a hyphenated surname,And I'm not trying to be posh.
I took my stepdad and biological father's surnames, because I didn't want to upset my biological grandparents by changing my name to my stepdad's surname (he brought me up since I was three, and I call him dad), but I wanted to at least have a similar name to my half siblings.
There are reasons for this absurdity! :-)
(, Thu 16 Oct 2008, 21:31, closed)
Anyone elserefer to these twats as Mr. and Mrs. Pretentiously-Hyphenated?
Common as muck phrase in our house.
(, Fri 17 Oct 2008, 16:09, closed)
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