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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KidsUsing shorter words that are technically plain wrong.
e.g.
Using the word "kid(s)" to describe a child or children. They are not the offspring of goats!
(, Thu 16 Oct 2008, 20:08, 3 replies)
well technically,they're not wrong.
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And not all of us are sure ours are humanat least not until they are old enough for the horns to grow in.
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flirting with badgers What? It sounded good at the time., Thu 16 Oct 2008, 20:55,
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Not even..."Here's looking at you, kid."
-Humphrey Bogart in Casablanca.
If Humphrey says it, it must be okay.
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