Things you refuse to call by their new name

When my lad lost his pancreas Kee-tones were something we had to monitor if his Blood sugars went above 20-mmol. This is how the diabetes team pronounced it, and i'd never heard of the little fuckers previously
How long ago was that ?
As mad as it sounds, as a kid growing up in Wythenshawe almost 50 years ago, I actually used to go to the library and read books on nutrition, physiology etc, that when I first became aware of it, in the books it would have in brackets how it was pronounced, it was like that for a long time but seemed to change around 20 years or so ago.

Sorry to hear about your lad btw, hope he’s doing ok.
 
Don't forget Hazels cafe and that record shop.
Hazels... I found hundreds of pounds worth of Luncheon vouchers in a bag dumped near the old derelict building that is now the football museum in the early 80's we tried to use them at Hazel's and that Chippy where Sinclairs and that are now. Me and my mate got ran out of both of them. We were about 10yrs old.
 
Starters. Why do restaurants insist on using the word 'entrees'? Pretentious bastards.

Living room not 'lounge'
Spare room not 'guest bedroom'

The Parlour is a front room without a TV that you keep for specialoccasions, i.e. Christmas dinner, or just in case royalty comes round, or for laying out the body when you've had a bereavement. It's not a 'snug' or 'lounge'.
A lounge is a room in a pub.
 

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