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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
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