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, but.....'Can I' may be your preferred usage, and I respect your opinion on that. However, 'can I' means 'am I capable of' rather than 'do I have permission to' so the *correct* usage is 'may I'.
(, Fri 17 Oct 2008, 14:06, 1 reply)
And..Assuming that you don't live in a Bronte novel, which one do you actually use?
Cheers
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Legless Mister Stabby - shanks for the memory, Fri 17 Oct 2008, 14:11,
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I normally use'can I', however I acknowledge that it's not the *correct* term. Mere semantics, but let's not allow all our standards to slip.
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