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Daddima Sun 03-Apr-16 18:23:53

I have a living room.
I have a couch.
I have a lavatory.
I use napkins.
I eat breakfast, lunch, and dinner.

whitewave Sun 03-Apr-16 18:54:24

How can you be snobby about what you name things! That is so bizarre.

Ana Sun 03-Apr-16 18:54:58

Serviettes anyone? grin

Marelli Sun 03-Apr-16 18:56:58

Don't worry about it, wot! smile I've just had my tea - on my knee in front of the telly with a bit of kitchen roll as a napkin.
This was in the living room which is so tiny that there's no room for a settee.
Toilet/loo is actually bigger than the living room, (doesn't have a settee in it, although there is room for one). grin

wot Sun 03-Apr-16 19:00:41

I'm going off to write my lines with 3 pencils at a time. Then I shall go and have a wee wee in the loo!

ninathenana Sun 03-Apr-16 19:01:35

Lounge
Sofa
Loo
Napkin (but only at Christmas) kitchen roll when eating ribs or other messy food
breakfast
lunch
tea (cake n cuppa)
dinner

annodomini Sun 03-Apr-16 19:08:04

That old U and Non-U thing had my mother utterly convinced! These terms were initially intended by Nancy Mitford as a joke but many people took them seriously; society in the 1950s was still intensely class-conscious. I don't care whether my evening meal is my tea or my dinner, as long as it's edible. However, we were brought up having our high tea at around 5.30 when Dad got home from work.Nobody around us had dinner parties. Rather like the Americans, my Mum used to refer to 'going to the bathroom' which was indeed accurate even when we weren't having a bath. I don't think 'loo' was commonplace in the 1950s.

whitewave Sun 03-Apr-16 19:10:32

I'm watching Snow White first time I have watched it since I saw it as a young child - delightful!

whitewave Sun 03-Apr-16 19:12:42

Snow White called it supper

Ana Sun 03-Apr-16 19:20:49

Isn't it Disney though? So it would be in American-speak grin

wot Sun 03-Apr-16 19:22:49

I love Disney things/films. We didn't have tv growing up (my mum thought it was common....joke) but we used to see the Disney films at the cinema.

whitewave Sun 03-Apr-16 19:22:56

Oh yesgrin Just seen the old crone it terrified me first time around

matson Sun 03-Apr-16 19:25:56

Front room
Settee
Kitchen roll used at every meal ( and not the cheap one !)
Never eat brekkie, so .. lunch , then tea
Poor ... only one loo.

Greyduster Sun 03-Apr-16 19:35:15

Living room
Sofa
Toilet
Napkins, with rings, but not every day
Breakfast
Lunch
Tea if it is between five and six
Dinner if it seven or after. smile

annsixty Sun 03-Apr-16 19:47:41

Isn't diversity wonderful. It really is the spice of life.

Antjexix Sun 03-Apr-16 19:50:16

Living room
Breakfast Lunch and Dinner
Toilet
Baarthgrin
Dining room
Sofa
Sandwich not sarnie

Cherrytree59 Sun 03-Apr-16 19:50:24

We have a kitchen. But seem to remember as a child it being called a kitchenette??

We have a hall but remember my grandpa having a Lobby.

We have chimney but my Grandparents had a lum.

We have a downstairs loo which on the estate agents bumf said cloakroom

We have a utility room but my DH insists on calling it the 'back passage'!

Alima Sun 03-Apr-16 19:51:44

Living room
Sofa
Loo
No serviettes or napkins, just kitchen roll if things get messy.
Breakfast
Lunch
Dinner

Who decides these things anyway, whether things are common or not? The whole u and non u went by the board years ago didn't it?

Antjexix Sun 03-Apr-16 19:51:55

Also , I have a clothes horse not an airer...

BBbevan Sun 03-Apr-16 19:52:05

Living room
Dining room
Loo
Sofa
Stove not cooker
Breakfast, lunch and dinner. Sometimes a small supper before bed.

janeainsworth Sun 03-Apr-16 19:52:21

Lounge
Settee
Loo
Napkins only when we have company
Breakfast
Lunch
Like GD tea or dinner depending on the time.

Marmight Sun 03-Apr-16 19:53:43

sitting room,
sofa
chez longue wink
loo,
kitchen roll, or licked fingers
breakfast,
brunch if I miss breakfast
lunch if I haven't had brunch,
dinner, if I haven't had tea which is cucumber sandwiches and cake at 4 pm on high days and holidays,
supper on days when I miss dinner, but have had tea
midnight feast, if I am not sleeping - probably banana, custard and milk

janeainsworth Sun 03-Apr-16 19:53:51

My grandma had a scullery which to all intents and purposes was the kitchen. When did that go out of fashion?

whitewave Sun 03-Apr-16 19:55:13

Yes I have a clothes horse -the Prince has just woken Snow White

Indinana Sun 03-Apr-16 19:58:22

We have dinner, on a tray on our lap, sitting on one of the two sofas in our lounge. And because of this slobby behaviour, we use white damask napkins to protect our clothes!

We have a perfectly good dining room but as it's been requisitioned (by me blush) as a sewing room, we can't eat our breakfast, lunch or dinner in there.

When the call of nature arises, I rush upstairs to our one and only loo.

wot Sun 03-Apr-16 19:59:26

The snow white film was lovely. I almost cried. All the lovely birds and animals.