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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This QOTW could have been a lot better......without the last paragraph.
Mothers' and grandmothers' odd strictures can sometimes be pretty funny. Social climbers' desperation to raise their standing above that of their peers can be hilarious to everybody else.
Sticking the boot into poor people, not so much.
In that vein, I'd just like to point out that we weren't allowed to watch Grange Hill or Sesame Street when I was growing up, as my mother considered them a bad influence. The ban only applied in other people's houses, since we didn't even have a television set. I don't think my mother ever used the word "common" about anybody else in her life though - she was far too decent a person.
Apologies for lack of teh funneh.
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