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 17 year old from my end of the countryDressed in what can only be described as chavtastic attire, was donning the cover of my local newspaper a year or so ago because she named her baby girl IKEA.
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I wonder if she came flatpackedwith some bits missing
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And she was only twowhen her foot fell off.
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^^^I'm giggling like a looney!
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When she grows up......maybe she'll meet a man called Allen..... Allen Key.
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According to 192.comthere are 2 Allen Keys on the electoral roll, though they appear to be a bit on the old side for her...
Shame, it'd be a good combination.
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uberdeity Wondered why Owen Lars knew of the term "hell" on, Tue 21 Oct 2008, 14:59,
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Why was she wearing the newspaper cover?Or did you mean "adorning"?
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