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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A sure sign of the lower classesThose people who hold their knife like a pencil. There are lots of them about - just have a look around you, next time you're in a café.
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YesYes yes inded! SCum the lot of them, tend to be Northen people and Welsh people.
(before you all start crying at me I'm from the North, of Wales!
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You are right...It's the over use of the chip-tray-and-plastic-fork in the Northern Shires.
I'm from teh North, but upon taking residence in the capital, I soon discovered that you simply cannot eat Fois Gras with a chippy fork.
Care to join me for some brioche?
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Piper Alpha is being a grumpy northerm bastard on:, Fri 17 Oct 2008, 10:05,
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Pencil knife holders are everywhereWhen i was a kid in Australia and I'd visit other kids houses, and stare at their hands like they were some kind of weirdo when they held their knife like a pencil.
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I'm trying to work outhow the funk that's even comfortable or practical.
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HKLPThat was in the first(?) Apprentice - the posh bloke put "HKLP" under things he didn't like. The interviewer thought it was an accountancy firm or something like that.
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shavedchimp something something oranges something, Sun 19 Oct 2008, 9:27,
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