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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It seems to meYou have a bee in your bonnet about what is frankly one of the most pointless things in the world. Having a lack of knowledge of the telephone system (which to be honest is a very dull topic) does not make someone thick. And not knowing the difference between 0207 and 0208 is not crass.
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jim_bob can herd cats., Sun 19 Oct 2008, 12:55,
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It is because it highlights a dimwitted unthinking attitudethat is the root cause of most of the world's problems.
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cupboardy, Sun 19 Oct 2008, 18:02,
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Yep - preciselyYou hit the nail on the head there.
It's not about the telephone numbering system per se: I agree that it's not a particularly exciting topic - nor is it important, in the big picture.
It's about people who are so thick that they don't bother to engage their brains. The "0207" problem is just a symptom of it, and every time I hear a moronic office worker blurting out a number like that, it grates on me because it just reminds me of how unthinking people are.
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