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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For the record I'll say it hereit has nothing to do with actual race, and everything to do with one's culture. Please refer to my other post for more on this.
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The Resident Loon Not a demographic. Do not measure., Fri 17 Oct 2008, 17:54,
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