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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GrrrI was determined not to get drawn into this qotw...
But yes. This. It's sheer laziness. If you don't care enough about what you're saying to say it properly, then I don't care enough to read it.
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warmfuzzies Isn't here, Thu 16 Oct 2008, 23:56,
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