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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Ok, here goes - I'll just spout my listGold jewelry.
Babies with pierced ears.
Fat people in sports clothes (ok, at the gym I can deal with this).
The Sun - every time I read it I can feel my IQ going down.
Zoo/nuts/etc - see above, if I ever read it.
Walking down the street playing tinny R&B out of your fucking cellphone - sorry, this one really annoys me.
Macdonalds - no matter how much they patch it up with pastel coloured coffee house style chairs and salads, it's still a scum magnet.
I'll be back when I can think of some more
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Weetobix, Fri 17 Oct 2008, 13:04,
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AgreedBabies with pierced ears...excellent
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Orange skin.Hooped earrings.
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ErmI had my ears pierced when I was three months old by some old dude at my dad's temple. Does that exempt me from being common?
I only wear yellow gold at Asian gatherings. It's silver for everyday wear. Some of my fellow asians haven't quite got the concept of not wearing every piece of gold jewelery they own at once, thereby (is that a word?) out-blinging all those hippity hop "singers"
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PiercingsI do think it's rather a different issue if it's done for traditional or religious reasons, and it's certainly not chavvy in that instance. It just seems a lot more cultural and classy than seeing tiny toddlers being hoisted up onto a Claire's Accessories piercing chair.
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A Big YesTo The Sun comment. Stupid paper.
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