Common
Freddy 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?
( , Thu 16 Oct 2008, 16:06)
Freddy 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?
( , Thu 16 Oct 2008, 16:06)
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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.
( , Fri 17 Oct 2008, 14:57, Reply)
'can I', however I acknowledge that it's not the *correct* term. Mere semantics, but let's not allow all our standards to slip.
( , Fri 17 Oct 2008, 14:57, Reply)
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