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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And another!That wire that has no insulation on it, and is connected to the ground?
That's common by definition.
(/engineering geek humor)
(, Thu 16 Oct 2008, 16:37, closed)
You should be groundedfor comments like that :-)
(, Thu 16 Oct 2008, 16:42, closed)
Common?Well, it's down to earth at least.
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K2k6 has been using boiling nitric acid, Thu 16 Oct 2008, 16:44,
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WellI'm shocked.
Zap!
(, Fri 17 Oct 2008, 14:13, closed)
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