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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You're right - the middle class is desperate to not fall down, knowing that it's difficult to move up but easy to do the oppositeIt's a coping mechanism for insecurity.
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KersaI Missive Free Michael Shields! with Monday's Liverpool Echo, Sun 19 Oct 2008, 17:09,
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