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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I don't understandThis 'Haitch'/'Aitch' thing. I was always taught Haitch. My husband says 'Haitch' but with a soft 'H'.
Is it because pronouncing the 'H' on words is a relatively new thing (sort of) instead of dropping them like the French?
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VandenPlas can't think of anything clever - no change there!, Sun 19 Oct 2008, 17:30,
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