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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ScotlandThat Columba bloke wants us to do *what*?
Where has James VI gone?
What the fuck is 'Great Britain'?
Hey, this empire thing is quite lucrative.
The post war economy is screwed, let's blame the English for everything.
Actually, let's blame Margaret Thatcher for everything.
Let's swap London for Brussels.
Chris Hoy.
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