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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Oh, all right then.Apparently, I have a reputation on b3ta for being highbrow.
I'd hate to disabuse you of this notion. So, in answer to the question of what defines common, I'd have to say that it's you lot.
Now, where's my Turkish catamite?
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Enzyme is powered by sunlight, Mon 20 Oct 2008, 9:45,
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you seethere you go again! I simply refer to him as your Turkish "boy" and you have to start using long words and consequently imply that you are not only waited on hand and foot, but also cock and balls.
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Bazongaloid, Mon 20 Oct 2008, 9:47,
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He's sat over there in the corner...with a Latin translation book in one hand, and a plate of finest foie gras in the other.
Mine is stood next to him, holding a copy of Razzle and a Tesco Value Pot noodle...
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Pooflake braces for an onslaught..., Mon 20 Oct 2008, 12:06,
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