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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"it’s a matter of not behaving as a member of your own culture..."massively specious argument that one - well done.
some might consider that sort of imitation as the sincerest form of flattery... is it? not in all cases imho, but neither is it always 'insulting' either.
meh.
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