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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Reflexive sodding pronouns (when misused)I work with lots of people who pretend to be posh, use posh words, and generally style poshness.
And then cock it all up by writing things like: "see Nigel or myself on this matter"
It's like they've thought about using the word 'me', but it just didn't sound important enough. One syllable, two letters. 'Hardly a suitable way to refer to someone so ****ing important'.
Reflexive pronouns. I, myself, avoid them if possible.
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prince-igor si tacuisses, philosophus mansisses, Thu 23 Oct 2008, 11:52,
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I, myself, agree with you.does myself's fucking head in.
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HaHA;0
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Me?Myself, personally, I can't abide fucking pedants, like.
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It's not the misuse that upsets me so muchIt's more the inflated self-importance that has caused it.
I NEVER pick on people who get their grammar wrong because they don't know it.
Only those who should know better, but get it wrong through pomposity.
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prince-igor si tacuisses, philosophus mansisses, Thu 23 Oct 2008, 12:53,
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I agreeand have stated as such.
b3ta.com/questions/common/post275885
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My apologies...... and my compliments.
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prince-igor si tacuisses, philosophus mansisses, Thu 23 Oct 2008, 12:51,
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