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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This reminds meA few years back I caught a bit of the annual Children In Need charidy crapathon. Remember the song Barbie Girl by Aqua? Well, one of the featured schools put on a show with the little girls around 7 years old singing this song. "You can touch my hair, undress me everywhere" etc. Did NOBODY notice that this was somewhat inappropriate for a fundraiser for, amongst other things, victims of child sexual abuse?
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stopmeandslapme Cometh the hour, cometh your mum, Tue 21 Oct 2008, 17:11,
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And the DANCING...!As a fairly new father of one luverly little lass, I've been reintroduced to much childrens telly of late.. (too much, my brain is melting. Please help me.)
And in one such program (I can't remember which one) I watched, in horror, as a whole bunch of pre-schoolers were taught, I kid you not, to 'Push it out' and 'shake their booty'.
I mean, these 'dances' are bad enough when teens perform them, let alone small children!
I wanted to slap the 'teachers' involved in this debacle.
Ok...I just read that back to myself. Someone shoot me as I appear to have become old.
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