January 6th 11, 10:31 PM
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On Thu, 6 Jan 2011, Michael R N Dolbear wrote:
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On Wed, 05 Jan 2011 21:06:19 +0000, Philip wrote:
I realise that others like to complicate matters more than we do here
in Yorkshire, but let's be clear: It's a bloody toilet.
Yes, i've often heard that said about Yorkshire.
But that word is a euphemism. Who was it who joked about bathing his
brow with toilet water when the seat fell onto his head ?
Why not just say bog ?
/All/ of them are euphemisms, really, and in fact mostly concerned with
/wash/ like the US usage of bathroom as a euphemism that this
subsubthread stated with.
latrine, toilet, can, convenience, head, john, johnny, lavatory, loo,
privy, water closet
****house is perhaps the only term that isn't.
And that's slang. Is there really no proper word for it that isn't a
euphemism?
tom
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