the_dawggie wrote:
> On Feb 14, 11:54 pm, "Noddy" <m...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>> "John_H" <john4...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message
>>
>> news:3k48r31fh1n55ogka3krqjnj5vlfnfakid@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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>>> 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
>
> I know folk who refer to the dunnies at work as "the bathroom" - where
> in
> hell is the bath?!? I'll strip ****d and relax in it if it had one.
>
> Lav, loo I don't tend to associate with. Toilet yes.
>
> I pick various "American" terms as they are more descriptive.
>
> Calling an apartment a unit I find totally bizarre. A unit, you
> live in a unit? a unit of what SI or imperial spec? Does not make
> sense.
they are neither Apartments or units
they are Flats
Geez
Kev
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