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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Peasant foodMy stepdad thinks tinned baked beans are 'common' but his flageolet beans in tomato sauce is 'peasant food' which is apparently entirely different and acceptable.
We used to have sausage and beans as a special treat when he was away but Mum had to hide the tins so he didn't find out.
She would never let us say bellybutton though - that WAS common.
(, Mon 20 Oct 2008, 9:37, 1 reply)
sausage and beansjust tell him it's cassoulet de castelnaudary..
(, Mon 20 Oct 2008, 13:15, closed)
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