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Topics of the day:



 1. Thanks for the lavatory (3)

 2. Lavatory = ? (5)

 3. lavatory

 4. American Speech 70.4 Winter 1995



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Date:  Tue, 26 Mar 1996 22:57:19 -0700

From:  Rudy Troike <RTROIKE[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]CCIT.ARIZONA.EDU>

Subject: Thanks for the lavatory



Thanks for all the input re "lavatory" -- I'll pass it along to my colleague;

several responses confirmed my recollection of the school term. Probably

some terms get distributed about via the educational profession network that

may override regional native usages. My mother, by the way, still prefers

"commode" as a euphemism for "toilet". The "No. 1/2" terms I first learned

from reading an article about St. Thomas in the Caribbean, where fresh water

is scarce, and people in hotels were advised with a note posted in the

bathroom: "In this island of the sun, don't flush after Number 1."

    Rudy



--Rudy Troike (rtroike[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]ccit.arizona.edu)