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 went to Spain last yearto stay with some mates, and I actually did sit on the beach overlooking the med, with my pasty white skin, with a pint of lager and a full english breakfast one morning. I also bough a gigantic green, tacky, sombrero and wore it proudly too. Mostly because it's somewhat fun to play to peoples stereoypes (and I love fried breakfasts)
However, I did learn enough of the language to get by, and I did try all the local (mostly gorgeous) tapas, most of which was seafood of various types as we were on the coast. I visited out of the way places, and chatted with Spanish folks too. But damn, there were ex pats who'd been living there for 10 years or more, and spoke less Spanish than me, and had probably seen less of the place than me - and I was only there for 10 days! Shameful.
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LemonEntryMyDearWatson This time, Moriarty, the hand is on the other foot, Wed 22 Oct 2008, 23:57,
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Yeah very true.We do like our home comforts when away. But its great to get out and see what the place is really about. Hire a car, go for a drive away from the tourist zones. Its brilliant.
And youre right, you probably did speak more spanish than the local ex pat population :) So good on you :)
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