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 who believe or maintain the stereotype of the North/South divide in Englandwho gives a fuck if it's /skon/ or /skoan/ for scone, or barth and bAth, or southern fairies and northern monkeys. At least we're not French, and that's all that matters.
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Grrrmachine the indifference engine, Thu 16 Oct 2008, 18:21,
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Good point raisedWell played.
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I've never thought of it that wayI am a changed man from now on. Have a click.
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HahahahaHahahahahahahaha
That is all.
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He's French!Get him!
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the bottom half, i assume.(
Smash Monkey lowering the tone of the whole internet, Fri 17 Oct 2008, 20:43,
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