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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Which parts of Buckinghamshire, exactly?Just curious.
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Noeli overtheshoulderboulderholderthingstraplatchboobs, Fri 17 Oct 2008, 14:01,
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the bitswhere they don't speak like Worzel Gummidge.
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stopmeandslapme Cometh the hour, cometh your mum, Sat 18 Oct 2008, 11:31,
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