Date:  Thu, 14 Apr 1994 10:03:24 EDT

From:  Wayne Glowka <wglowka[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]MAIL.GAC.PEACHNET.EDU>

Subject: Re: "basement"



Beverly S.Hartford said:



>No, it wasn't just Southern. We used it in Northern New England (Maine)

>I don't know it's origins, though. I don't recall any buildings,

>private or public where the restrooms were actually in the basements,

>although I certainly recall quite a few that were outdoors (outhouses).

>This is about 50 years ago...Bev Hartford (Indiana University)



The men's room in our department is in the basement--and, boy, does it

stink. I ought to know. My office was next door to it for several years.

But we don't call the men's room the basement. No bathroom should be in a

basement. Smells and effluent run downhill. Payday's on the 30th.





Wayne Glowka

Professor of English

Georgia College

Milledgeville, GA 31061

912-453-4222

wglowka[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]mail.gac.peachnet.edu