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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Vauxhall cars?How do they belong in that list - should I walk until I can afford a Jaguar?
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he's right about vauxhallsI would rather walk
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Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Fri 17 Oct 2008, 9:42,
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