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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I know of a womanwho insisted her surname was pronounced 'bouquet', despite it being spelt 'bucket'.
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CowJam, Thu 16 Oct 2008, 21:45,
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Are you sureyou weren't watching keeping up apperences?
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It may have beenthe more well known 'keeping up appearances' that it was spotted in.
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