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 feel like a less extreme version of thisMy mum claimed income support and we listened to radio 4.
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rhebus ac201fd270c3b96beab24f2829780ab2, Thu 16 Oct 2008, 23:17,
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