How do you define being Common !!!

Common is wearing a white mini skirt with black stilettoes/or the other way around!!

Yes gobbing is for lower than low!! also like I saw last week 2 slappers emptying their car full of Macdonalds takeaway just opened car door and chucked eveything out when rubbish bin was straight in front of them - couldnt be bothered to walk to it- tiredly chucking out great fat slobs!! common yes indeed!!

Common can be a really awful voice. My husband was a bus driver for a while in NZ, and once had his day (temporarily) brightened by an absolutely beautiful young woman who got on, silently bought a ticket, and sat down flashing gorgeous legs.

Then someone started talking to her, and as she replied, the squawky voice, foul language, and rather nasty attitude utterly transformed the picture. She became instantly ugly.

And common as muck!!

I am very uncommon. I have never met another me. I don't think I would like her.

I object to women being called slappers

I agree with carboncareful

I wasn't altogether sure if this thread was of the lighthearted variety, but the more I read, the more I became distinctly uncomfortable. It would seem that how people speak, what they chose to wear, how they define themselves, table manners etc. are all taken at face value - without looking behind the why's and wherefores.
Where is the understanding, compassion and acceptance of others who are different from ourselves?

swansong - I felt your use of the words slappers, great fat slobs, and gobbing really unpleasant.

I am afraid I am rather angry, and hope you never stand in judgement of how I speak, how I look and of what I do, but just look at me as being different from yourself. You may not like me, but would hope you would not choose to find a derogative label for me.

It was me used the word 'gobbing'. And I did put 'sorry' in brackets.

What do you call it anyway? Spitting it is not.

Swansong was just agreeing with me.

I haven't got any compassion, understanding or anything else for people who do it!

That still leaves slappers and great fat slobs!

I'm uncomfortable with this thread as well. I had assumed it was jokey but now I'm wondering. Surely, none of the posts could be serious?

It is very nose-in-the-air!

I hadn't thought so, Petallus, but somehow it's all been turned around....

It started off jokey! I've been jokey. But I agree it is turning too'snobby?'

I have to laugh at the words that some consider 'common'. I think the use of particular words over ones that are considered common depends on where you come from. We were never allowed to use words such as lavatory; settee; lounge - far too common lol

The National Trust signs always direct you to the "Lavatory", always makes me smile

Just thought of another - we were always told that watching ITV instead of BBC was common. Have to laugh at my DH though - he always makes a point of watching BBC news, and absolutely refuses to watch ITV news, he considers it far too common.

It used to be said that Upper Class say lavatory, middle class say loo and working class say toilet!
My mother told the story of her sister, who rather fancied herself as a cut above others, bringing home a friend, who was equally snobby. The friend went out to the lavatory in the yard, and when she came back she remarked that it was very small. My grandfather replied that it was 'big enough to in'. I think the friend was very rude to comment and deserved his reply, but my aunt never forgave him.

I thought this thread was about what was in general considered to be common by silly people who took being common or not too seriously. But I guess some people are taking it as being the literal position of the poster. Come on, that isn't fair.

I often find a similar confusion when I give an example and it is taken to be what I actually believe. Also when you say why you think something happens and people take it that you think its right that it happened. (think riots)

Yes, slapper is a horrid sexist word.

How odd - the site won't accept even four asterisks - very posh! But you all know what my grandfather said!

Is calling someone else 'common' just class prejudice ? Liel the Americans and heir trailer park trash? Good old looking down on the poor? And is it human nature to do so? But maybe not considered cool to speak of it.
A young IL of mine has a boyfriend who left school young and went into his fathers business. She has been to university and is from a more middle class family. I am not keen on him and not sure of the extent to which this is class based on my part. Or whether I just don't take to him.
It is my observation in life that some of those who are most anxious about being thought common are those who are most likely to accuse other people of being so. Goes back to the "respectable" working class trying to differentiate themselves from the "rough" working class.
Spitting teenagers always crack me up. Bless them, 14 year old boys are convinced it is a way of attracting girls!

I don't find it funny, JessM - and anyway, I think they do it to show they're somehow tough and street-wise. They're copying those overpaid footballers who do it all the time on the pitch.

Being 4 stone overweight!

And what's wrong with a little adipose tissue?

If we did not have adipose tissue there would be nothing to get hold of

Or sit upon!