by "Noddy" <me@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
Feb 14, 2008 at 11:54 PM
"John_H" <john4721@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message
news:3k48r31fh1n55ogka3krqjnj5vlfnfakid@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> My own mother would've winced had he said toilet (it's an
> Americanism). OTOH the old man would've denied ever calling it the
> ****house (which he always did) in her presence.
Oddly, I've never heard a Yank refer to the dunny as the "toilet". It's
always been "bathroom" whenever I've heard a septic need to go.
> The problem being it's a literal translation of 'dunnekin' (dung
> house), from which the word 'dunny' is derived (a relatively recent
> addition to our own language AFAIK). All very lower class (in the old
> girl's estimation)... lavatory was the only acceptable term. :)
The "Lav" used to be common when I was a kid, but then so were
****-carter's
hats.
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Regards,
Noddy.
