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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Funny, isn't itHow the Kayleighs, Chantelles, Brandons and Rhys's of this world don't seem to make it to university?
Or A-levels.
Or GCSEs.
(, Fri 17 Oct 2008, 15:47, 2 replies)
*ahem*Rhys is a perfectly normal Welsh name.If you happen to be of Welsh origin, then you can call your son Rhys if you damn well feel like it, without being outed as someone who would call their offspring Nokiacharger or Ebola.
*growls*
(, Fri 17 Oct 2008, 16:09, closed)
I agreeIt's when it's spelt 'Reece' it becomes common...
(, Sun 19 Oct 2008, 16:25, closed)
I always liked the name RhysIt reminds me of a mighty good-looking actor who has that as a middle name.
(, Sat 18 Oct 2008, 16:40, closed)
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