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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High expectationsI was visiting Trevor and Lorelei on the other side of town one Saturday afternoon. About 5.30 I said I must go soon as I was off to the theatre to see a touring show. They looked at me as if I'd suddenly grown an extra head.
Oh, no, they couldn't possibly go there. Far too snobby for them.
What? You buy your ticket, walk in, sit down, the show starts. Just like going to the pictures but with live performers.
Oh, no, not at all. They only went to the drive-in flicks, the "walk-in" cinema was too formal for them.
(, Fri 17 Oct 2008, 13:58, Reply)
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