Conveniences
Notice on a door at work:
WE REGRET THE LADIES CONVENIENCES ARE OUT OF ORDER.
SORRY FOR THE INCONVENIENCE Are washrooms/bathrooms/toilets/other euphemisms ever known as "conveniences" in the USA? It's used here, but not often. It does seem rather Victorian to me.
May 05, 2011, 16:14
<Proofreader>Haven't seen it here but I'm sure if some are available they'll have correct punctuation after "Ladies'".
Having separate excretoriums is Victorian, IMHO.
May 06, 2011, 14:16
KallehThey aren't called
conveniences here. Every so often here is Europe I will forget and ask for the restroom, getting a blank stare. I know we have discussed this here before, but
toilet just seems so crass to me.
May 07, 2011, 01:37
tinmanGeorge (Richard Burton) called it the "
euphemism" in "Who's Afraid Of Virginia Woolf?" (1966). Apparently,
euphemism was used for outhouse in
It's Grinch Night, originally titled
Halloween is Grinch Night (1977).
quote:
The word euphemism itself can be used as a euphemism. In the animated short It's Grinch Night (See Dr. Seuss), a child asks to go to the euphemism, where euphemism is being used as a euphemism for outhouse. This euphemistic use of "euphemism" originally occurred in the play Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? where a character requests, "Martha, will you show her where we keep the, uh, euphemism?".
May 07, 2011, 01:58
BobHalequote:
Originally posted by Kalleh:
toilet just seems so crass to me.
Indeed.
Everybody knows the correct form for the enquiry in the UK is "Hey mate, weer's the bog?"