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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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You probably should briefly chill your red wine.
Its taste would be improved by reducing the temp by a few degrees. Red wine is best enjoyed at around 18 degrees celsius which was considered room temperature when the 'rule' was set.
Due to central heating and double glazing, most people live in a psuedo-tropical environment pushing 25 degrees. Therefore what we think of as room temperature now is slightly too warm to enjoy some of your favourite plonk at its best.
8-B
( , Sun 19 Oct 2008, 20:57, Reply)
Its taste would be improved by reducing the temp by a few degrees. Red wine is best enjoyed at around 18 degrees celsius which was considered room temperature when the 'rule' was set.
Due to central heating and double glazing, most people live in a psuedo-tropical environment pushing 25 degrees. Therefore what we think of as room temperature now is slightly too warm to enjoy some of your favourite plonk at its best.
8-B
( , Sun 19 Oct 2008, 20:57, Reply)
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