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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On a similar subject,the stupid bint of a manager in one of my previous workplaces had a grudge against me, which manifested itself in many ways. For instance, during a quiet period she noticed me leaving my place by the hob.
"Where are you going?!" she snapped.
"To the bog."
"I beg your pardon?"
"I said: I am going to the toilet," I explained with strained patience.
"You mean the loo?"
I suppose you had to be there to really appreciate how annoyingly patronising this was, but I wanted so badly to punch her in the face right there and then.
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