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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AlsoPeople who try not to sound common by saying yourself instead of you.
"..sent the letter to yourself"
NO!
"..sent the letter to you"
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sandettie light vessel automatic New Twitter - @bollocksreally, Fri 17 Oct 2008, 0:40,
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^this
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