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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Do I qualify?I live in a two bedroomed, terraced house, on a council estate, the telly is often on ITV, and we don't have dinner, we have tea. And my grammar is awful. (Well, my English in general is quite awful).
(, Thu 16 Oct 2008, 20:24, 5 replies)
I bet you're a racist too.You abominable racist.
(, Thu 16 Oct 2008, 20:28, closed)
Terribly sorryI'm not, I'll try harder next time!
(, Thu 16 Oct 2008, 20:43, closed)
It doesn't matter, you've already been blacklisted.Expect a visit from the police and MI5 very soon.
(, Thu 16 Oct 2008, 20:44, closed)
Whatdid you have for your tea?
We had Spag Bog.
(, Thu 16 Oct 2008, 20:52, closed)
I hada sanger. It was nice.
(, Fri 17 Oct 2008, 9:45, closed)
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