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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Borrow and lendWhy is it so hard for people to understand the difference between borrow and lend?
I work between Preston and Blackburn so on a daily occurence the following happens:
Common Local: "Hey One_Winged_Angel can you borrow me a ruler?"
One_Winged_Angel: "No.... But I can LEND you a ruler"
CL: "ok.... In that case can I lend a ruler?"
OWA: "No you want to 'borrow'"
CL: "fuckin ell, don't be a cunt n just borrow me one innit"
I often find the word "despondent" appropriate in cases such as the above.
(, Fri 17 Oct 2008, 8:25, 3 replies)
^ this ^but even worse, people who get "itch" and "scratch" messed up, and will say "i'm itching it". argh.
oh, and "i was sat". really? who sat you there, god?
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rachelswipe with a fork, Fri 17 Oct 2008, 9:26,
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SorryBut if someone did that same charade with me every day I'd get annoyed.
Just write the guy off a s a lost cause
or cunt him in the fuck
(, Fri 17 Oct 2008, 9:50, closed)
in that caseyou'd better 'learn 'em good and proper, like.'
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gypsy turnips, Fri 17 Oct 2008, 11:05,
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