On Jun 8, 2005, at 10:13 AM, Mark Weiss wrote:
> Lavatory is accurate if you wash your hands in it. Crapper makes the
> recipient the active party. Loo sounds like it's instead of something.
> WC (watercloset) is just silly, tho the idea of a set of shelves for
> water is kind of neat--like a wine cellar? Harrington is too long--by
> the time you've asked where it is it might be too late.
>
Leaving us with, among others, "head" and "can"--short and . . . well,
sweet?
Hal
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