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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You can tell as soon as someone opens the front doorif they use newspaper in the khazi. It gives off a faint but distinctive smell.
I've had jobs involving home visits, many in unsalubrious areas, and I KNOW.
(, Sat 18 Oct 2008, 9:35, Reply)
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