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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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I don`t mind repetion but the fact that repeating at 120db and speed of a snail in a little degrading and derogatory.
(, Wed 22 Oct 2008, 10:14, 1 reply)
Nope - I really don't see it.
Naive and well-meaning seems more likely. Maybe people misjudge your needs - but that's hardly degrading or derogatory; they're still aiming to do the right thing. (It's not like they're adding "YOU DEAF TWAT" at the end of every statement.) You seem a little techy.
(, Wed 22 Oct 2008, 10:34, closed)

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