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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Re: Ebeneezer GoodeThe Shamen were Scottish.
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Boss Keloid Got your mother's maiden name tattooed on my arm, Fri 17 Oct 2008, 12:30,
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Oh...well thats me told off. Apologies Scots. I know how much you hate being confused with the English!
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Mr Chad a broad Scots accent if ever I've heard one.
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stopmeandslapme Cometh the hour, cometh your mum, Fri 17 Oct 2008, 13:49,
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