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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A lot of old people go caravanning.I was referring to the scones thing with the dialect.
And whereas there are certain places where a football shirt is inappropriate, your original post does not make this clear.
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WHARRGARBL, Tue 21 Oct 2008, 1:18,
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