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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N.A.L.G.O.Is, or was, the National Association Of Local Government Officers - the Trade Union for council white collar workers.... and a synonym for 'common' in my starchy family owing to the poor decoration and orange plastic chairs to be found in local governement offices.
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(, Mon 20 Oct 2008, 9:48, 1 reply)
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