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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Now you look silly.You've managed to insult 3 towns/cities, a fair few old people, an entire dialect, most restaurants in the UK, selected groups with pride in a sporting team, people who might not have enough money for a big fancy wedding, but love each other anyway and probably 90% of mobile phone owners to boot.
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WHARRGARBL, Sun 19 Oct 2008, 16:24,
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.Towns/cities- yes i've spent extensive time in all 3 each ranks highly on the common-o-meter
Old people - how?
A dialect - which one?
Wearing a football shirt at, and on the way to and from a match is acceptable if you are a supporter. Even when supporting your team in the pub. But at work? When fetching your kid from school? in court?
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Roland E O'Dorant R Tape loading error, 0:1, Sun 19 Oct 2008, 22:33,
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A lot of old people go caravanning.I was referring to the scones thing with the dialect.
And whereas there are certain places where a football shirt is inappropriate, your original post does not make this clear.
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WHARRGARBL, Tue 21 Oct 2008, 1:18,
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