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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I chose to read thatwithout the word takeaway... it just seemed right that way.
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Moey, Wed 22 Oct 2008, 21:15,
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ooohmy freezer's above the fridge, that would be a bit tricky. I'd have to do it round someone else's house. *thinks*
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