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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As long as they have the right qualificationsI don't give a fuck what accent they have.
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jim_bob can herd cats., Sun 19 Oct 2008, 23:09,
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neither do iit's just an interesting take on peoples preconceptions
is it just me or has the whole board lost it's sense of humour this week
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spimf ™ is whoever you want him to be, Mon 20 Oct 2008, 9:19,
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