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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In keeping with MrDog's post below,People who pronounce Renault as Renn-olt.
Do they say Peugeot as perr-goat? No.
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No, but...I was at school who was determined to pronounce it "Pewshow". Akshally, it was more like "Pewzhow" (a softer "sh", and to rhyme with "Joe")
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My own grandfather has been known to use the expression"I've got a pew-got.
What have you-got?!"
He was mocking people who pronounced it wrong, but even so...for Shame!
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Completely Underwhelmed, Wed 22 Oct 2008, 23:29,
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pew-ga-naught.
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That sounds so much cooler.Jason and the Pew-ga-naughts
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A girl I worked used tocall them Per-jots.
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The same goes for people who say"Beemers" - BMW
"Merks" - Mercedes
"Scoobies" - Subaru
"Jag" etc etc
Say it properly, or don't bother speaking
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I ain't FrenchSo I pronounce Peugeot Pee-uw-ge-ott, and Renault Ren-aulT.
Actually, my older brother had a Peugeot mountain bike, and he pronounced it exactly as it's typed above. What a tool.
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Monkeysex You can't box zombies, you fool, Thu 23 Oct 2008, 9:41,
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I hope youraped him a new one for his astonishing ignorance. He cleared deserved it what with being so horrendously common. In fact, you should have killed every single person he had ever met as they were bound to be common as well. Don't common people make you sick?
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althegeordie is a bully and a cocksucker, Thu 23 Oct 2008, 9:51,
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They most certainly dothat's why I've stopped using urinals, and taken up pissing on tramps.
My family are probably the most common people I know. They're all knuckle-dragging, X Factor watching, Christmas punch-up having, Football supporting, 'You int done nuffink!', soap dodging scum. I despise them, but they're my family, so I have to love them too. :(
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Monkeysex You can't box zombies, you fool, Thu 23 Oct 2008, 9:54,
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Your a real champPersonally I refer to peugeot as pug-e-ots. And i have been known to use the term "Beemer" "merc" and "jag". So I probably need a good raping too.
*bends over expectantly*
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althegeordie is a bully and a cocksucker, Thu 23 Oct 2008, 9:56,
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Well, if nobody else will*rapes*
I like to mis-pronounce words, it makes my day.
I can't think of a good example now though, I'm sure I thought of a good one this weekend, but unfortunately Mr Beer has taken away my brain.
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Monkeysex You can't box zombies, you fool, Thu 23 Oct 2008, 10:07,
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How aboutcanapes.
Pronounced ka-napes, rather than ca - na - pes, a la francais.
Makes me giggle when people think that is really how to pronounce it.
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