Date:  Thu, 14 Apr 1994 10:59:21 -0500

From:  mftcf[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]UXA.ECN.BGU.EDU

Subject: Re: "basement"



Like Keith, I went to school about the same time Natalie did -- actually,

a few years earlier (1st grade 1946). This is the first time I have ever

heard of "basement" for bathroom (my perspective is northern Illinois).



Until Jr. High school, it was always "bathroom" ; my parents used "biffy"

(which is a no. regionalism, according to DARE) but I never picked it up.

In early adolescenece, some of my male peers got daring and used "john"

and "can."



Tim Frazer