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Freddy 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?

(, Thu 16 Oct 2008, 16:06)
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I'm with you on that one.
I spent years trying to lose my Hull accent, now I sound like a Yank Yorkshirewoman. But at least it's not Hullian.
(, Thu 16 Oct 2008, 22:48, Reply)

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