Date:  Thu, 14 Apr 1994 09:28:35 -700

From:  Keith Russell <wkr[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]US.DYNIX.COM>

Subject: Re: "basement"



On Thu, 14 Apr 1994, Natalie Maynor wrote:



> This discussion of "ink pen," a term I tend to associate with my elementary

> school days long ago (early '50s), has reminded me of the use of "basement"

> for a school restroom. Was that term used all over the U.S., or was it

> Southern? Presumably it got started from having restrooms in basements,

> but the term was used in my generation when restrooms were not in basements.

>  --Natalie (maynor[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]ra.msstate.edu)



I went to school about the same time you did, in Southern Alberta, and

this is the first time I have ever heard of this use of "basement."



Keith Russell

wkr[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]us.dynix.com