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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Especiallyif your neighbours have also named theirs- but there's no consistant naming scheme. You know the sort- Davedale next door to Janesfield next door to Johnsriver. When the buildings in question were built in 1950s Birmingham, miles from the nearest Dale or field- and nowhere near a river.
Or even worse a name made up from the two people who decided to name the building- MaryJohn, EmmaRick, etc.
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uberdeity Wondered why Owen Lars knew of the term "hell" on, Mon 20 Oct 2008, 11:36,
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