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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Beefburger.So help me, I'll strangle you if you dare to rape the etymology of the honest hamburger one more time. PACKS OF RAVENOUS WOLVES WILL DEVOUR YOUR CORPSE.
It's a hamburger, it's from Hamburg. Just like a frankfurter. ICH BIN EIN HAMBURGER!
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Digeridude Lord Wellington's Beef Trapeze, Thu 16 Oct 2008, 20:54,
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ICH BIN EIN HAMBURGER!Well there you go. As one of the many things you take for granted as you grow up, never before have I questioned the origin of the humble hamburger. And yes, it IS a hamburger, never a beefburger. But you sparked my curiosity and a quick reference to the standard repository of all knowledge and wisdom does confirm that the name comes from 'hamburg steak'. Thank you for the education. click.
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And let's not forget......the towns of Cheeseburg and Veggieburg, for their contributions to western cuisine.
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Sie sind ein Hamburger?*consumes Digeridude*
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