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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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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