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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Highway to HellWhen my Mum was a district nurse, she used to visit the houses where a new sprog had just been born and give them a check-up to see how they were doing.
On one occasion, she visited the abode of a family who were keen petrolheads, bike parts littering the driveway, oil stained clothes hanging out to dry on the line, 9 year-old kid with a fag hanging out its mouth, and a huge love for a well known motorbike company.
So when Mum visited the Davidson family, she wasn't all surprised that they'd named their newborn son Harley.
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My Mum is also a district nurseAt one household containing a new baby, my Mum asked the mother what they had been feeding it. "Carrot juice" says the mother. Healthy, thinks my Mum. A bit too healthy maybe for someone who seems so common. My Mum looks around for signs of juicing machines etc., can't see any and decides to check what she meant by 'carrot juice'.
The mother had been feeding her baby the liquid from tinned carrots.
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Peapod Has returned to the fold on, Sat 18 Oct 2008, 11:18,
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