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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A servietteis a towel, in French. Like, a proper towel that you use after you've had a bath or such like. How confusing.
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that would be what is known asa false friend. Study any foreign language, and you'll come across thousands of examples - words which appear similar to English words, but mean something different
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The cloth you wipe your mouth when eatingis also called a "serviette".
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benryves Now I'm radioactive! That can't be good!, Sun 19 Oct 2008, 15:23,
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