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Re: bathroom
- To: lojban-list
- Subject: Re: bathroom
- From: cowan (John Cowan)
- Date: Mon, 5 Aug 91 11:28:50 EDT
- In-Reply-To: <m0k3n4Q-0000XeC@snark.thyrsus.com>; from "Bob LeChevalier" at Jul 27, 91 7:44 am
la lojbab. cusku di'e:
> For the room where this is done, (as in asking directions to the xxxx), you
> should make separate words for a room to excrete and a room to clean-up, and
> a room for refreshing (lavatory and restroom are the latter two euphemisms).
Note that to a plumber, "lavatory" is a technical term meaning "sink for
washing hands", as indeed the etymology indicates.
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