"commonest"?

[1whopontificates]

I was reading along in one of Cecil’s columns (“Do bathtubs drain counterclockwise in the Northern Hemisphere?”) when I came across the final paragraph and read:

Yet next to the mystery of where all the baby pigeons are, this remains the commonest question I get.

Commonest? Commonest? It made me cringe. I wouldn’t call it a mistake, per se, and perhaps Cecil meant to use it in jest; however, perhaps “most common” would’ve fit nicely.

Just my 2 sense…

[Achernar]

Well, I wouldn’t call it a mistake per se, and I wouldn’t call it a mistake at all. Nothing personal, but I think that’s really more your problem than it is Cecil’s. [Dictionary.com cite] You’re probably one of those people who doesn’t like hearing funnest.

[Floater]

Methinks this is getting curiouser and curiouser.

[elfje]

*Originally posted by 1whopontificates *
**I was reading along in one of Cecil’s columns (“Do bathtubs drain counterclockwise in the Northern Hemisphere?”) when I came across the final paragraph and read:
Commonest? Commonest? It made me cringe. I wouldn’t call it a mistake, per se, and perhaps Cecil meant to use it in jest; however, perhaps “most common” would’ve fit nicely.

Just my 2 sense… **

your 2 sense… ?

you mean 2 cents…

you’ve made ME cringe now…

[cdhostage]

dear lordliest ! I speak Christopher, not English !