
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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Learn to spell what you dislike. THAT is common.
( , Sun 19 Oct 2008, 13:12, 1 reply)

in my defence i was in full frothing rant at the time - i shall amend immediately
merkins note the above spelling of defence
*taps nose*
( , Sun 19 Oct 2008, 14:02, closed)
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