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KRosh · 05-27-2005, 01:28 PM

why do the Brits call a toilet "the loo" ?

bringer · 05-27-2005, 01:29 PM

because they love the cock

cyber_ninja · 05-27-2005, 01:30 PM

i dont know,why do we call it a toilet?

hova · 05-27-2005, 01:30 PM

the brits are funny

After Shock Media · 05-27-2005, 01:32 PM

http://www.worldwidewords.org/qa/qa-loo1.htm

Scott McD · 05-27-2005, 01:33 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by KRosh

why do the Brits call a toilet "the loo" ?

Why the fuck do americans call it the John ??

bringer · 05-27-2005, 01:34 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Scott McD

Why the fuck do americans call it the John ??

i call it the potty
john is my neighbor, not my potty

cyber_ninja · 05-27-2005, 01:34 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Scott McD

Why the fuck do americans call it the John ??

some call the bathroom the john,not the toilet

KRosh · 05-27-2005, 01:35 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by cyber_ninja

i dont know,why do we call it a toilet?

if you must know ..

(first used 1695) comes from the Middle French toilette (diminutive of toile, "cloth") and meant either a cloth which was put over the shoulders while dressing the hair or shaving or a cloth on which washing and shaving equipment was laid out.

Now ..back to LOO

abyss_al · 05-27-2005, 01:35 PM

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Originally Posted by bringer

because they love the cock

RuthB · 05-27-2005, 01:40 PM

Well, we used to call it the WC (water closet), and I've also heard it referred to as the 'bog' (lol, local vernacular possibly)

I found this though:

This British colloquial word for "toilet" was established usage by the 1920s. Suggested origins include:

French _lieu d'aisance_ = "place of easement"
French _On est prie de laisser ce lieu aussi propre qu'on le trouve_ = "Please leave this place as clean as you find it"
French _Gardez l'eau!_ = "Mind the water!" (supposedly said in the days before modern plumbing, when emptying chamber pots from upper-storey windows. According to Chris Malcolm ([email protected]), this phrase is still sometimes used by common folk in Edinburgh when heaving water or slops, and tour guides say that it originated there circa 1600.)
"louvre" (from the use of slatted screens for a makeshift lavatory)
"bordalou" (an 18th-century ladies' travelling convenience)
"looward" or "leeward" (the sheltered side of a boat)
"lee", a shepherd's shelter made of hurdles
"lieu", as in "time off in lieu", i.e., in place of work done
"lavatory", spoken mincingly
"Lady Louisa Anson" (a 19th-century English noblewoman whose sons took her name-card from her bedroom door and put it on the guest lavatory)
a misreading of room number "100" (supposedly a common European toilet location)
a "water closet"/"Waterloo" joke. (James Joyce's _Ulysses_ (1922) contains the following text: "O yes, _mon loup_. How much cost? Waterloo. water closet.")

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WiredGuy · 05-27-2005, 01:45 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by KRosh

why do the Brits call a toilet "the loo" ?

Named after Waterloo I imagine. Hence why I live in Waterloo

WG

After Shock Media · 05-27-2005, 01:47 PM

There are many theories about this word, but few firm facts, and its origin is one of the more celebrated puzzles in word history. The one thing everybody agrees on is that it?s French in origin, or at least a corruption of a French phrase. But which phase, etymologists are still arguing about. But we?re fairly sure it?s modern, with its origin having been traced back no further than James Joyce?s Ulysses in 1922.
So that seems to dismiss entirely the theory that it comes from the habit of the more caring British housewives, in the days before plumbing, of warning passers-by on the street below with the cry ?Gardy loo!? before throwing the contents of their chamber pots out of upstairs windows. (It?s said to be a corrupted form of the French gardez l?eau! or ?watch out for the water!?.) And equally the late date refutes the idea that it comes from the French bordalou, a portable commode carried by eighteenth century ladies in their muffs (you will never again be able to look at a picture of a lady wearing a muff without thinking what she?s carrying inside it). It is also said that it?s a British mispronunciation of the French le lieu, ?the place?, a euphemism.
Another theory, a rather more plausible one, has it that it comes from the French lieux d?aisances, literally ?places of ease? (the French term is usually plural), once also an English euphemism, which could have been picked up by British servicemen in World War One. But James Joyce may equally well have derived the expression as a punning reference to the battle of Waterloo, from the sequence: water closet?waterloo?loo. Or it may be that several linguistic forces converged to create the new word.

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RuthB Let's Get Paxumized! Industry Role: Join Date: May 2005 Location: Vancouver, Canada Posts: 7,247	Well, we used to call it the WC (water closet), and I've also heard it referred to as the 'bog' (lol, local vernacular possibly) I found this though: This British colloquial word for "toilet" was established usage by the 1920s. Suggested origins include: French _lieu d'aisance_ = "place of easement" French _On est prie de laisser ce lieu aussi propre qu'on le trouve_ = "Please leave this place as clean as you find it" French _Gardez l'eau!_ = "Mind the water!" (supposedly said in the days before modern plumbing, when emptying chamber pots from upper-storey windows. According to Chris Malcolm ([email protected]), this phrase is still sometimes used by common folk in Edinburgh when heaving water or slops, and tour guides say that it originated there circa 1600.) "louvre" (from the use of slatted screens for a makeshift lavatory) "bordalou" (an 18th-century ladies' travelling convenience) "looward" or "leeward" (the sheltered side of a boat) "lee", a shepherd's shelter made of hurdles "lieu", as in "time off in lieu", i.e., in place of work done "lavatory", spoken mincingly "Lady Louisa Anson" (a 19th-century English noblewoman whose sons took her name-card from her bedroom door and put it on the guest lavatory) a misreading of room number "100" (supposedly a common European toilet location) a "water closet"/"Waterloo" joke. (James Joyce's _Ulysses_ (1922) contains the following text: "O yes, _mon loup_. How much cost? Waterloo. water closet.") http://www.yaelf.com/aueFAQ/mifloo.shtml __________________ Send & Receive Mass Global Payments - Mass P2P/Wire/EFT/SEPA - Adult Industry Friendly - Award Winning Payment Service - Fast, Reliable & Secure! Paxum ...... Paxum Bank Email: [email protected] ~ Telegram: PaxumRuth

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After Shock Media It's coming look busy Join Date: Mar 2001 Location: "Ph'nglui mglw'nafh Cthulhu R'lyeh wgah'nagl fhtagn". Posts: 35,299	There are many theories about this word, but few firm facts, and its origin is one of the more celebrated puzzles in word history. The one thing everybody agrees on is that it?s French in origin, or at least a corruption of a French phrase. But which phase, etymologists are still arguing about. But we?re fairly sure it?s modern, with its origin having been traced back no further than James Joyce?s Ulysses in 1922. So that seems to dismiss entirely the theory that it comes from the habit of the more caring British housewives, in the days before plumbing, of warning passers-by on the street below with the cry ?Gardy loo!? before throwing the contents of their chamber pots out of upstairs windows. (It?s said to be a corrupted form of the French gardez l?eau! or ?watch out for the water!?.) And equally the late date refutes the idea that it comes from the French bordalou, a portable commode carried by eighteenth century ladies in their muffs (you will never again be able to look at a picture of a lady wearing a muff without thinking what she?s carrying inside it). It is also said that it?s a British mispronunciation of the French le lieu, ?the place?, a euphemism. Another theory, a rather more plausible one, has it that it comes from the French lieux d?aisances, literally ?places of ease? (the French term is usually plural), once also an English euphemism, which could have been picked up by British servicemen in World War One. But James Joyce may equally well have derived the expression as a punning reference to the battle of Waterloo, from the sequence: water closet?waterloo?loo. Or it may be that several linguistic forces converged to create the new word. __________________ [email protected] ICQ:135982156 AIM: Aftershockmed1a MSN: [email protected]