Date: Tue, 26 Mar 1996 08:03:23 -0600
From: Natalie Maynor maynor[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]RA.MSSTATE.EDU
Subject: Re: lavatory
In central NYstate lavatory was the school euphemism for the room with the
toilets and sinks in it, sometimes reduced to "lav" as in "who has to go to
In Mississippi the word was "basement" -- regardless of the location of
the room or whether the building even had a basement. Or at least that
was the word in elementary school. I think we might have changed later
to "restroom" or "bathroom."
--Natalie (maynor[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]ra.msstate.edu)