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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My neighbours of yesteryearI used to hear the odd snippet:
They were going on holiday to Germany so, wanting to impress everyone in the street, they were practicing their German in the back garden. They got as far as "jah" and "nein".
Trying to recreate Fat Darren's favourite dish of Steak and Ale Pie, I heard the mother ask the daughter "what is ale?".
They also had windchimes in their garden.
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stopmeandslapme Buggering belief since, Fri 17 Oct 2008, 11:59,
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Was ale?Doesn't that mean 'cheers' in German (I'm sure it's dutch, but meh)?
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Monkeysex You can't box zombies, you fool, Fri 17 Oct 2008, 12:03,
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beerProper English beer
Not your foreign pisswater
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stopmeandslapme Buggering belief since, Fri 17 Oct 2008, 12:06,
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WINDCHIMES! BAAAAAAAAAAAHHH!My neighbour has hundreds of metal windchimes - so everytime it's a bit breezy, we can't sleep because of the CLANGALANGALANG noises.
:o(
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hedonistmas there's a magical place, we're on our way there, Fri 17 Oct 2008, 12:16,
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When they go awayjump over the fence and put rubber bands round them.
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stopmeandslapme Buggering belief since, Fri 17 Oct 2008, 15:24,
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