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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I thought...that the Ford Probe was actually a Mazda build with Ford bits added on, similar to the old 121/Fiesta.
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VandenPlas can't think of anything clever - no change there!, Fri 17 Oct 2008, 11:28,
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Indeed it is!Well, sort of. Mazda provided the drivetrain but Ford did the chassis/suspension/etc. It's actually quite different to the MX-6 that it shares an engine with.
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uberdeity Wondered why Owen Lars knew of the term "hell" on, Fri 17 Oct 2008, 13:17,
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