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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Nestleused to be Nestles. That's why old people call it that.
Much in the same way as starburst are opal fruits and snickers are marathons.
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CowJam, Tue 21 Oct 2008, 18:46,
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I thought it was always Nestlejust people were dim.
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If you see an old advertthey pronounce it nessels.
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Mrs Entity is in hiding., Tue 21 Oct 2008, 18:57,
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