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Freddy 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?

(, Thu 16 Oct 2008, 16:06)
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Nay
Granted the Probe's not a common sight (a reason for that maybe?).

Working in the car industry I get to play with a lot of new cars and the Fords always feel the least special. That coupled with how cheap and boring yet very popular the Focus is leads me to calling it common.

As for Fords other brands - they no longer own Jaguar (which is owned by Tata) and Volvos aren't as special as you may think they are; solid yes, well put together no.
(, Fri 17 Oct 2008, 11:28, 1 reply)
I just couldn't think
of any other Ford owned car company than Jag and Volvo- and I did acknowledge that Jaguar wasn't owned by Ford anymore!

From what I've heard, the Probe's uncommon because it was vastly overpriced. It is, however, a rather nice car. Smooth engine, 1997 spec so it's an all-leather interior which is comfy (300 days on the first day I got it and I have less of a twinge in my back than I do getting up from bed).
And the Americans didn't like it because their fuel prices had fallen, completely swiping the market from under its feet. If they'd been able to stick a V8 in the thing it'd have done much better!
(, Fri 17 Oct 2008, 13:16, closed)

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