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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Language, grass and rules1. Words that describe a class of entities.
2. Land set aside for recreational use in an urban area.
3. Laws based on previous judgements rather than statute.
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enoughblueskyforsailorstrousers, Thu 16 Oct 2008, 20:55,
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