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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yepIts the same here in southern France, and the ex-pats are definately the worst. You can hear the english voice, speaking significantly louder than anyone else, from the other side of the supermarket. They run around in ex uk cars that they havent bothered to re register here, they congregate in UK style pubs moaning about the lack of HP sauce, bacon and decent chocolate, swaping tips on how to remain off the radar to avoid paying tax, whilst simultaneously claiming social and health benefits.
I was in the local shop and some booster was there speaking to the shopkeeper as if she were a demented child, trying to get an exchange butane bottle.
"Hello? Gas, id like some gas...GAS....do you undersdtand me? G A S. please. seel tu play."
He wasnt some tourist in the campsite without a clue, he owns a house here and spends several months every year living here, yet hasnt bothered his arse to learn even the most basic of conversations. Arrogant twat. And English people honestly wonder why they are so universally hated abroad?
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Oh gosh yes.English plated cars here everywhere. And then when Im in England everyones moaning about foreign cars! Makes me laugh it really does!
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