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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PiercingsI do think it's rather a different issue if it's done for traditional or religious reasons, and it's certainly not chavvy in that instance. It just seems a lot more cultural and classy than seeing tiny toddlers being hoisted up onto a Claire's Accessories piercing chair.
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