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Originally Posted by John Whitworth View Post
I'm working on the thing you sit on in the loo. I, being English midle class call it the lavatory, though that is really the room. What do you call it. What does anyone call it? Toilet? Loo?
Nancy Mitford was amused by the American euphemism "going to the bathroom" as if one meant to take a shower. Does anyone still call
it the W.C?
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