Things you refuse to call by their new name

[Alan Harper's Tash]

American comedian so some terms are different to over here, but it's great standup about name changes that's in the spirit of this thread.



George Carlin isn't for everyone but he's one of my favourites, his political rants were both funny and true.

Not seen him before, but he’s pretty funny. I guess it means we’re getting older and just moaning about stuff, but some of the rebranding that’s happened does seem way OTT.

 

[normskih]

Last Friday, I was in a room waiting for an appointment (women’s appointment) when a women came from one of the cubicles and the lady next to me, who knew her starting talking to her. Anyway the conversation moved on when they started talking about where they worked and one women said she worked in hospitality and proceeded to say where she worked etc. It turns out she works behind a bar in a pub. I said to the lady it was funny because when I was younger , it was always called a barman or barmaid or simply bar work or even waiting on.

 

[Big Joe Corrigan]

Last Friday, I was in a room waiting for an appointment (women’s appointment) when a women came from one of the cubicles and the lady next to me, who knew her starting talking to her. Anyway the conversation moved on when they started talking about where they worked and one women said she worked in hospitality and proceeded to say where she worked etc. It turns out she works behind a bar in a pub. I said to the lady it was funny because when I was younger , it was always called a barman or barmaid or simply bar work or even waiting on.

You know the rules normskih.

 

[Plays By Sense Of Smell]

‘Medium’ sized coffee.
“Do you mean regular/tall/grande etc.”
‘I don’t know - you all call it something different, so I’ll have whichever is the size in between your large and your small one.’

 

[Plays By Sense Of Smell]

WTF, when did that happen?

Yeah??

 

[Plays By Sense Of Smell]

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'.

Living room for me is the nice enough but slightly less comfortable one than the lounge.
Had the dinner table in it. Sensible chairs.
Used for homework. Like the antechamber to the kitchen.

 

[I'm With Stupid]

Living room for me is the nice enough but slightly less comfortable one than the lounge.

It was always the front room for me. Even when we moved to a house with one room, it was the front room. And then at my grandma's house, the sitting room was the posh one without a TV.

 

[Stephen230]

Just had a friend staying for a few days. She couldn't be more English. Not young, round about mid-sixties. Kept talking about needing to go to the “bathroom”.
I said nothing. My usual sarcastic comment is “Yes, I've been thinking you look as though you need a wash”. But in this case I refrained, since I try to be polite with friends.
That seems to be now absolutely rock-solid fixed across all generations in the UK.

After six weeks solid of watching Bluey on TV, my lad has taken to telling me he is “ Going to the Dunny”

 

[Tuearts right boot]

After six weeks solid of watching Bluey on TV, my lad has taken to telling me he is “ Going to the Dunny”

My grand daughter watches that. Must admit when it was first mentioned I didn't think of an Australian cartoon dog.

 

[Bill Walker]

After six weeks solid of watching Bluey on TV, my lad has taken to telling me “ drones in the Dunny”