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Date: | Tue, 16 Dec 2003 22:16:34 +0100 |
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Loo is just another word for it. It's not a euphemism, and where it comes from I don't know. "Spending a penny" has to do with having to pay for going to the toilet when in eg. a pub. Calling it a restroom or a bathroom is definitely using the wrong term - there are such rooms, but their functions are not the same or not as restricted as the euphemism implies. In Sweden, as you know Boel, we also have euphemisms for this activity, such as "going to lay down a cable" and "going to sit on the throne" or somesuch. These and others (and I can think of much more vulgar ones!) are of course also ways of not having to say outright what we're about to do, but I don't find them prudish, but rather coarse. If I were to ask in eg. a restaurant in England where the toilet was, I would simply ask the waiter: "Excuse me, where is the toilet?" Restaurants where I would feel the need to ask for "the men's room" not to lose face I can't afford to go :-)))
EF
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