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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1, Holding your knife like a pen.2. Pronouncing 'H' as haych rather than aitch.
3. The word 'pardon'.
According to Kate Fox the word 'toilet' is ok now.
But let's face it, these preoccupations are for insecure middle and lower-upper class dimwits.
As Simon Fanshawe so nicely describes, as long as when you sit down to dinner you don't eat your host, the only other thing that should matter is that you're a good person and you treat all others with respect in its many forms.
[Edit] But people who can't spell and/or punctuate should be shot at the very next dawn.
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cupboardy, Sat 18 Oct 2008, 14:12,
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Pardon?.
Is English your first language?
Cheers
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Legless Mister Stabby - shanks for the memory, Sat 18 Oct 2008, 14:20,
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It will be when I get one.By the by - someone put a picture of your anti-sandwich theft device on the fridge door at work.
It means we have an as yet unidentified b3tan there. I thought we had outed all of them.
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cupboardy, Sat 18 Oct 2008, 14:25,
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Pardonis a magic word. It;s a contraction of "I beg your pardon" and can be used to project surprise, menace, I-dare-you-to-do-again and a load of other emotions.
Cheers
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Legless Mister Stabby - shanks for the memory, Sat 18 Oct 2008, 14:38,
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hey!on occasion i hold my knife like a pen! it's particulary useful when you're eating in situations with little elbow room
what alternative do you prefer to pardon? if you misunderstand someone it's much better to use 'pardon' than the common 'wot?'
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applehead herp derp, Sat 18 Oct 2008, 14:22,
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Apparently "what?" is the preferred term.Surprised me too. I'm putting my faith in Schott for that particular factoid. I seem to recall (though may be mistaken) that "toilet" is preferable over "lavatory"
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And Of Course.
Say "what" again. I dare you mutherfucker....
Cheers
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Legless Mister Stabby - shanks for the memory, Sat 18 Oct 2008, 14:43,
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I don't understandThis 'Haitch'/'Aitch' thing. I was always taught Haitch. My husband says 'Haitch' but with a soft 'H'.
Is it because pronouncing the 'H' on words is a relatively new thing (sort of) instead of dropping them like the French?
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VandenPlas can't think of anything clever - no change there!, Sun 19 Oct 2008, 17:30,
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