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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HONKbut i think there's a diff between 'posh' and 'pretentious'.The posh people i know often have no money and don't go on about status and cars and material posessions.
in fact,come to think aobut it,most of the posh people i know are new-age,taoist,buddhist,alternative,or eccentric.hmm...
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I would honkIf I didn't find it a tad crass.
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