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Freddy 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?

(, Thu 16 Oct 2008, 16:06)
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Not turning the TV off when someone comes round to your house. My in-laws are guilty of this - they don't like me much because they think I'm a bit snobby, but it's ok because I think they're a bit common*, so it all works out in the end.

It's ok to watch tv when people are visiting, but only if you've talked to them a bit first and you've all agreed to watch the programme. There's nothing more common than just leaving the tv on all day and ignoring your guests.

* as in "I'm just going to Tescos and then I'm going to see Nan". They also don't eat at the table - they don't *have* a table.
(, Sat 18 Oct 2008, 11:38, 3 replies)
Well
People should not just turn up and interrupt your telly watching!
(, Sat 18 Oct 2008, 13:39, closed)
I entirely agree
with this. It's incredibly rude.

Some friends of mine have a large living room that has been constructed out of two rooms by knocking a wall through.

Both rooms always have a television on, sometimes with different programs. Once I turned one television off, asked them what they had been watching. Neither of them had a clue what the program was about.

They have kids too. I was amazed when, while having a conversation with the mother, she suddenly turned round and shouted 'put them down!'. She had heard the sound of one of the kids picking up a box of matches (she smokes.). This was with two televisions blaring away, other kids screaming etc.

The ability to ignore and hear though the television audio is quite astonishing. I don't have this ability, so find the television distracting and makes conversation difficult.
(, Sat 18 Oct 2008, 14:39, closed)
It does make conversation difficult
I'm glad you agree with me!
(, Sat 18 Oct 2008, 17:25, closed)

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