
Freddy 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?
( , Thu 16 Oct 2008, 16:06)
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People who say "are we going pub tonight?"
PUB IS NOT A VERB!!!!
( , Tue 21 Oct 2008, 13:24, 10 replies)

"Are we goin t'pub tonight?"
Anyway the answer is yes and you're buying!
( , Tue 21 Oct 2008, 13:26, closed)

No, they're not even lazy enough to use the glottal stop, it's now all one word; goinpub.
Variations on the word are goincinema, goinshop and goinyours.
*Murderous rage*
( , Tue 21 Oct 2008, 13:30, closed)

Don't you DARE use the word party as a verb!
/Bernard Black Books
( , Tue 21 Oct 2008, 13:36, closed)

"I'm a quitter. I come from a long line of quitters. It's amazing I'm here at all."
( , Tue 21 Oct 2008, 13:40, closed)

The laughter for that one line lasted for a good five minutes on the first take.
( , Tue 21 Oct 2008, 14:03, closed)

Pub is a noun in this sentence - going would be the verb, no?
( , Tue 21 Oct 2008, 22:53, closed)
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