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Freddy 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?

(I helped save b3ta! chthonic, Thu 16 Oct 2008, 16:06)
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This is a QotW answer Superfluous Supermarket Ss
I cannot abide people who refer to Tesco as Tescos, terribly common.
(GrimbleGromble, Thu 16 Oct 2008, 16:51, closed)
This is a QotW comment YES!
ASDAs
ALDIs
LIDLs
SOMERFIELDs
NETTOs

oh....
(Oil Slick, Thu 16 Oct 2008, 17:03, closed)
This is a QotW comment I reckon
It's because One says "I'm going to dad's..." or similar.
You know? The Plebs add the 's' because they're used to it.
(tweebianmonkey Should be known as Widget, Thu 16 Oct 2008, 22:03, closed)
This is a QotW comment oh...
I think its more due to the fact that people make the assumption tesco is a person, therefore they are going to - Tesco's...

Like Liberty of London, now one ever says they are going to Liberty, you're always gonig to Liberty's... it harks back to the good old days when Dave's store was on the corner.
(feedingtimeatthezoo day 1 of his bikini diet started, Fri 17 Oct 2008, 1:18, closed)
This is a QotW comment But Woolworth?
In some cases, I agree:
Lidl's and Aldi's is plain wrong.
But what about Woolworth?
-To my ears, anyone who says, "Woolworth" is weird: It's Woolworth's, correct or not.
(Rumpig, Fri 17 Oct 2008, 1:18, closed)
This is a QotW comment Tescos?
That's in Greece isn't it?

(my first GF used to pronounce is Tess-Coss, and refer to it as a Greek Isle - sad isn't it?)
(Tyburn Finds the name Lauren Muff inexplicably funny, Fri 17 Oct 2008, 1:25, closed)
This is a QotW comment
It's not far from San Seriffe.
(Musuko, Fri 17 Oct 2008, 15:53, closed)
This is a QotW comment It's named after the Woolworth family
so it's perfectly correct to end the name with an s.
(GrimbleGromble, Sat 18 Oct 2008, 1:03, closed)
This is a QotW comment It may say something about my town
that I hear "waitrose's" and want to kick things ...
(Killer Vanilla puts the win in Darwin, Mon 20 Oct 2008, 15:14, closed)
This is a QotW comment Yup.
Whenever I'm in London I try to visit Harrod.

Seriously though, this is on a par with people who refer to 'Cliff Richards' or 'Victoria Woods' even when they're looking at something where that name is WRITTEN DOWN IN FRONT OF THEM!!
(singingringingtree Living in the past., Mon 20 Oct 2008, 18:43, closed)

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