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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He mayhave mistaken Bombardier the beer for Bombardier the french construction company, which is in fact pronounced like that.
Bombardier the beer won best Eurpoean bitter for three years running.
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BombardierBloody good beer. I prefer Broadside myself though... that always hits the spot.
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chart cat has an itch, Thu 23 Oct 2008, 9:55,
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I like Broadsidebut it's so strong that I find drinking more than four pints leads to memory loss and the eating of someone elses cheese.
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Bombardieris all of the woo and yay.
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Davros' Granddad a voice of calm reason in a world of spastics., Thu 23 Oct 2008, 12:14,
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And so it should...Lovely pint, had one last night!
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Agnostic Antichrist Baltimora, Thu 23 Oct 2008, 9:56,
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