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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colonial easily confusedMy ancestors departed your shores about a centuary prior to the who U/ non-U debate. Let's just say that I find it perplexing. eg. staffies, rotties and bull terriers are considered the height of cool out here.
Not entirely on point but I managed to reduce an entire meeting to childish snorts and giggles when I glibly announced that I needed to leave early because "the painters and decorators were coming"...
you English and your euphemisms...
*pop*
(, Tue 21 Oct 2008, 12:51, Reply)
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