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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Not worth starting it's own thread, but it has something to do with this one so...There used to be a letter pinned to the wall where I work, basically saying about some cockup or other that had occurred. Now bearing in mind this came from the office side of things (presumably from people paid significantly more than me), and upon first seeing this letter, the first thing I picked up on was the fact that the writer used the word "therefore" on two seperate occasions.
This I wouldn't have minded, "therefore" is management-speak for "duh, obviously", except for the fact that the first time it was spelt "therefore" and the second time "there fore".
Am I petty in thinking that was a bit stupid?
(Ok, maybe not quite in keeping with the question, but it did have some relevance to the original post)
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