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Would I be unreasonable to leave my DH

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bronze · 18/04/2012 18:25

on the grounds that he keeps on calling the vacuum cleaner (Dyson) a Hoover?
He's even brainwashing the children!

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MyLittleMiracle · 18/04/2012 18:30

Yabu to leave him, but in this situation a good hard also imo is perfectly acceptable. Lol.

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bronze · 18/04/2012 18:43

A what?

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MyLittleMiracle · 18/04/2012 22:07

Slap. Or punch, whichever you prefer or make him do the house work. If he insists on calling a Hoover then maybe he should use it.

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MirandaGoshawk · 19/04/2012 10:46

But it sounds daft to say 'I'm just going to Dyson the living room,' or whatever. Hoover is now a general name for vacuum cleaners, I think. With a small h. 'I'm going to vacuum...' also sounds a bit pedantic and we don't want to be that, do we?

Your DH sounds lovely.

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bronze · 19/04/2012 11:36

I say 'I'm going to vacuum' as do plenty of other people I know (including his Mum) and it sounds fine.

You reckon he actually does the vaccuming?

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CatWithKittens · 19/04/2012 17:07

At least he knows what it does - when I go off to see my parents with the children the dog knows I am about to come back because his master, my DH, gets the vacuum cleaner out. DH swears that he (the dog) bounds around wagging his tail and goes to wait in the hall for us!