any of our UK posters call their home lavatories WCs, or is that name reserved for public conveniences?

Doug,
In my experience no-one ever talks about WCs, even regarding public toilets.
Jo mentioned earlier that her generation would call home lavatories loos. Well, I must be her generation, and not the mere stripling I thought myself .
But for public toilets you'd ask a stranger:
"Excuse me, are there any toilets near here?" (usually accompanied by a pained look and unusual gait)
Whereas you'd ask an acquaintance:
"Are there any loos nearby?"
or very familiarly:
"I'm dying for the bog, mate"


Yet most of the signs say WC.

The Brits are nothing if not consistent.


Fisk