Common
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)
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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There are only two things that are common. Living in a numbered house and socialising (that is going out to a drinking establishment on equal terms) with a close relative such as your aunt or cousin on a regular basis.
( , Sun 19 Oct 2008, 17:14, 8 replies)
There are only two things that are common. Living in a numbered house and socialising (that is going out to a drinking establishment on equal terms) with a close relative such as your aunt or cousin on a regular basis.
( , Sun 19 Oct 2008, 17:14, 8 replies)
I was thinking this
So if I go and change my address from 84 to "Dunroamin" it somehow elevates me from the common people?
( , Sun 19 Oct 2008, 17:23, closed)
So if I go and change my address from 84 to "Dunroamin" it somehow elevates me from the common people?
( , Sun 19 Oct 2008, 17:23, closed)
oh yes
If you make it an almagation of your names it will prove to the world that you are considerably, CONSIDERABLY, rich-er than them.
What's wrong with socialising with family members? I have several cousins the same age as me, who live in the same district and like the same music, films and pubs. We naturally have a lot in common. Is it classier if I pretend not to know them?
( , Sun 19 Oct 2008, 18:02, closed)
If you make it an almagation of your names it will prove to the world that you are considerably, CONSIDERABLY, rich-er than them.
What's wrong with socialising with family members? I have several cousins the same age as me, who live in the same district and like the same music, films and pubs. We naturally have a lot in common. Is it classier if I pretend not to know them?
( , Sun 19 Oct 2008, 18:02, closed)
wait a minute
maybe they're saying living with other members of your family in a numbered house is common, give them a chance to clarify the situation
( , Sun 19 Oct 2008, 18:31, closed)
maybe they're saying living with other members of your family in a numbered house is common, give them a chance to clarify the situation
( , Sun 19 Oct 2008, 18:31, closed)
How are people supposed to find the house if it's not numbered?
THINK OF THE POSTIES.
( , Sun 19 Oct 2008, 22:17, closed)
THINK OF THE POSTIES.
( , Sun 19 Oct 2008, 22:17, closed)
Hahaha
I'm giving you the benefit of the doubt on the first one and assuming that you are joking.
Unless your house is an enormous pile in the country it should *only* have a number.
Giving your suburban pebble-dashed leylandii surrounded semi a name is nothing short of pathetic.
( , Sun 19 Oct 2008, 18:30, closed)
I'm giving you the benefit of the doubt on the first one and assuming that you are joking.
Unless your house is an enormous pile in the country it should *only* have a number.
Giving your suburban pebble-dashed leylandii surrounded semi a name is nothing short of pathetic.
( , Sun 19 Oct 2008, 18:30, closed)
Especially
if your neighbours have also named theirs- but there's no consistant naming scheme. You know the sort- Davedale next door to Janesfield next door to Johnsriver. When the buildings in question were built in 1950s Birmingham, miles from the nearest Dale or field- and nowhere near a river.
Or even worse a name made up from the two people who decided to name the building- MaryJohn, EmmaRick, etc.
( , Mon 20 Oct 2008, 11:36, closed)
if your neighbours have also named theirs- but there's no consistant naming scheme. You know the sort- Davedale next door to Janesfield next door to Johnsriver. When the buildings in question were built in 1950s Birmingham, miles from the nearest Dale or field- and nowhere near a river.
Or even worse a name made up from the two people who decided to name the building- MaryJohn, EmmaRick, etc.
( , Mon 20 Oct 2008, 11:36, closed)
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