How do you define being Common !!!

shysal, I think that would be below common!

gracesmum Indubitably!

Going to the supermarket in pyjamas, dressing gown and slippers, usually to buy cigarettes and/or beer!

It's something you sense - definition hardly necessary. The opposite is also innate - the sort of classy, ladylike quality that some women seem to achieve effortlessly.

And burping in public (yuk)

anagram So agree about the white stilettos. carol Double yuk about the thongs visible above the waistband - especially my neighbour who is 68. She dresses fairly normal in a smart casual way so why the thong. annobel Farting in public yes is a no-no. Hence why my 10 year-old GD was trying not to cough when we were queuing for the cinema.

Deeply ingrained in me is sitting room instead of living room or lounge. I think my mum had pretensions that we were only a step away from a drawing room!

Years ago when still young enough, I went to a 'bad taste' party and decided to dress in a common manner. Fishnets, white stilettos, short tight red dress with a big frill around the hips, lots of makeup etc. The odd thing is unexpectedly I felt great and had loads of attention from my amazed male friends who only ever usually saw me in trousers and teeshirt. I remember sitting on a bar stool with my legs crossed surrounded by a little group of men. One of them said 'you could earn a fortune on a street corner' and another 'you could earn a fortune here'. It was a wonderful experience but I went back to the trousers and teeshirt because mum brought me up not to be common.

Orange fake-tanned bare legs and white stilettos!

Yes, but I carried on regardless!

When I was at school we were taught that eating in the street was common - my husband still goes by this rule and would rather starve than eat in the street.

Was anyone else taught that certain words were common - settee instead of sofa, dessert instead of pudding, lounge instead of living room, toilet instead of lavatory.

Thongs above the waistband!

Me.

Farting in public...

Builder's bum(on anyone!)