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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I agreeI don't like the title of this QOTW. Is it even possible to say the word "common" without sounding like a horrible toff? It just seems like a chance for all the twats who got uppity about last week's QOTW to get their own back. "You are just bitter and jealous of my amazing wealth so you should shut up with your prejudices... but it's perfectly OK for me to write a long list of why I look down my nose at you"
(, Fri 17 Oct 2008, 15:19, 1 reply)
Good pointyou make. Also, lots of these answers wax lyrical about things that aren't 'common' but just bad manners and behaviour and gross pretension, as well as poor grasp of the language.
I thought that QOTWs were meant to be entertaining anecdotes rather than venomous, undisgused contempt for others who don't behave as you were brought up to.
(, Fri 17 Oct 2008, 15:24, closed)
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