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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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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