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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my old fella etcMum - common
Mummy - posh
Dad - common
Daddy - posh
settee - common
sofa - acceptable alternative
pardon - very common
what? - acceptable alternative
cutlery - common
knives and forks - acceptable alternative
minGer - common
cunt - posh
(, Wed 22 Oct 2008, 15:49, 1 reply)
further alternativesMother?
Father?
"couch"? settee? lounger???
I'm sorry, could you repeat that?
silverware?
bastard.
(, Wed 22 Oct 2008, 19:39, closed)
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