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#74567 07/03/02 09:10 PM
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"Not In My Back Introitus"

Cute.

More universal, too, as we don't have back yards over this side of the Pond. Even if it is only a yard, we call it a "back garden".

So, a productive typoe, Pfranz!

Edit: to save people looking up, introitus=Latin for 'entrance'



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Dear fob: When I was a boy, many houses still had a "little house behind the house". It
was called commonly, a "backhouse", or outhouse. A common prank was to tip them over,
with occupant if possible on Halloween eve. I am no longer proud of having been perpetrator.
Quite a few years ago, USns thought it hilarious that there was a Brit Admiral named
"Backhouse".


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"little house behind the house"

As you may have gathered, Bill, Brits would also say "outhouse", but never "backhouse".

Was the tip-over variety more like a seat over a hole in the ground then? As otherwise I'd expect the plumbing costs to be a little prohibitive.


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Dear fob: No plumbing in little house, just a pit that periodically had to be dug out again.
via a trap door on outside rear. Reminds me of a story I'll send you if you want me to.


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