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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which partof rural nz do you live in ? there are definatly some "special " places esp around the east cape bro
(, Fri 17 Oct 2008, 7:03, 1 reply)
East CentralI am not quite as far up as Gisborne and Tolaga, but also not so far down to be amongst the Wairarapa p-head child murderers...but I know what you mean. I drink in a shearers' pub once in a while, and some of the "women" are a bit rough, even by my generous standards....I like the ones who try hard...even though it doesn't work...you have got to appreciate the effort.
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my brotherworks in gisborne `his flatmate is a cop so im familiar with this part of the world "shudders" . Six months ago i was in Palmy not an experience that i wish to repeat. It stank of stale piss and it seemed like they were hosting the special olympics that day.
Perhaps im a little sheltered down in the south
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