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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YesThis really does get my goat.
The carbon footprint crap has got absolutely fuck all to do with saving the planet, and everything to do with being seen to do 'the right thing'.
I won't start because I'll never stop.
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rubberduck should only be used after consulting with your GP, Thu 16 Oct 2008, 19:11,
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