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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Saying "at the end of the day"or "I'm not hear to make friends."
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argyleblanket The man on the roof works for me, Thu 16 Oct 2008, 19:58,
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It's as bad as usingthe wrong here/hear.
sorry
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Mrs Entity is in hiding., Thu 16 Oct 2008, 20:05,
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Ha!Every time someone says "At the end of the day..."
I add "Trisha..."
My (Professor) supervisor didn't take kindly to that.
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I'm like thatBut with me, when someone says "At the end of the day" I reply "the sun goes down" and give them a look.
Pisses me off something chronic.
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Now,"I'm not having a go at you but..."
is another one I hate
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ooh!You sound like my wife!
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At the end of the day......it gets dark.
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