Re: Lavatories, bathrooms,... Was: Re: Hymn to Ikea

Staving Tristan McLeay:
>Ah! I presume _les lieux_ is the source of 'the loo',
>then? (WC is mostly used here by real estate
>agents/architects to refer to toilet-rooms.) 'Toilet'
>can, however, be used without concern in most cases.
>Only 'toilet' and 'loo' are in my active vocab, I
>think.
"Loo" is from the Middle English "Gardy loo!", in turn derived from the
Norman French "Gardez l'eau!", the traditional warning given before
emptying the bucket out of the window.

Pete

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