2011年8月8日 · Both lavatory and loo are fine, and it's meaningless to talk about which is correct or more correct, IMHO. Interestingly, these terms are quite strong class indicators in the UK: …

2014年2月21日 · "Loo" is not at all rude in British English; it's not even particularly informal. In American English, "toilet" refers nearly always to the piece of furniture and not the room that …

2013年10月3日 · In this situation, the loo is the thing you sit on in the bathroom. (I know what you're thinking. I think it's disgusting, too, and I was raised in Britain.) A larger house might …

loo - from the French for l'eau (water) and is essentially a room with water, a euphemism. WC or water closet - a room provided with a water source, then applied to the actual apparatus. …

2014年12月6日 · 'Lieutenant' comes from French lieu ('place') and tenant ('holding'). Some sources claim that 'lieutenant' had alternative spellings such as leftenant, leftenaunt, lieftenant, …

2020年8月13日 · Right too ro loo ra loo ra loo, right too ro loo ra loo ra loo, right too loo ra lay. In the scene from Dombey and Son quoted in the posted question, Mr Chick seems to be …

Lavatory, loo and toilet will all be understood, which is in many cases the only real desideratum. However, which word to use (as well as proper employment of slang like bog and khazi , which …

The word gardyloo is a warning cry uttered before throwing wastewater (literally and euphemistically) out of a window. Every source I've found has traced this word back to some …

2018年4月13日 · I've always heard professors in classes I've taken at Stanford, such as CS230 and CS231N, pronounce it as /ray-loo/ and /reh-loo/, and I've always used /ray-loo/. However, …

What is the difference between Have a look and Take a look (meaning/connotations)? For example: Have a look at the question. Take a look at the question. For some reason I only …