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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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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