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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What's the difference between a Buffalo and a Bison?You can't wash your hands in a Buffalo...
edit: needs to be read (out-loud?) in heavy Birmingham accent.
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blaireau69 , the Cumbrian Travis Bickle., Fri 17 Oct 2008, 0:23,
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or geordieWorked for me... i was trying to a brummie accent, not very good at it
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