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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I am most definitely neither of thoseand I'm sorry but saying something like 'scar tishoo' is just plain fucking wrong.
There are helpful pronunciation hints in most dictionaries, you know.
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Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Mon 20 Oct 2008, 13:46,
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Never considered that.You are right.
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