RE: [ox-en] Questions about vocabulary

• From: Graham Seaman <graham seul.org>
• Date: Fri, 12 Apr 2002 08:59:11 -0400 (EDT)

On Fri, 12 Apr 2002 paul.7.saunders bt.com wrote:

if your australian, "dunny" might suffice as well.

Any kiwis/canadians/zimbabweans/bermudans/... around? I think this list is
going to grow and grow ;-)

nus bigfoot.com

-----Original Message-----
From: Timm Murray [hardburn runbox.com]
Sent: 11 April 2002 20:30
To: list-en oekonux.org
Subject: Re: [ox-en] Questions about vocabulary

Klo =?= loo

  "Toilet" might be the official translation but I'd like to have a
  similar word to the German short and somewhat slang form of "Klo".
  The dictionary presented "loo" but I don't know the word.

I've never heard of "loo" either.  What sort of conotations does the German
word contain? Some English conotations:

--"toliet" is a sort of generic term
--"crapper" is crude slang
--"privy", "john", and "facilities" are more polite

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