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Mabelthebore · 2024-08-25T13:02:43+00:00

& dessert sounds nicer than pudding? I know some people look down on those who say toilet and dessert but I actually think they sound nicer. I think loo in particular is a horrible word.

BabaYetu · 25/08/2024 15:25

How about Water Closet?

KimberleyClark · 25/08/2024 15:25

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oakleaffy · 25/08/2024 15:22

HRTQueen · 25/08/2024 15:17

I don’t mind either I know what is meant

same with pudding/desert

i will use all

but do not like the word bog or worse bogo 🙄

Bogo??
Sounds Australian?!
Never heard of Bogo in U.K. before.

KimberleyClark · 25/08/2024 15:22

Restroom conjures up to me a room with a sofa and some magazines on a table.

ErrolTheDragon · 25/08/2024 15:20

Apologies if someone has already mentioned this and I've missed it, but this thread reminds me of the Betjeman poem 'How to get on in society'.

https://allpoetry.com/How-To-Get-On-In-Society

It was written in 1958 ... however, the one thing in it which is still applicable is how not to pronounce the word 'scone'.

oakleaffy · 25/08/2024 15:19

CarolinaInTheMorning · 25/08/2024 15:16

I'm American and we avoid the word "toilet" at all costs, unless on the hopefully rare occasions when we need to refer to the actual receptacle, as in "DH, can you come help me. The toilet is stopped up." We say bathroom, whether or not there is a bathtub in the room, or restroom if in a commercial location. Also in a commercial location, we might say "ladies' room or men's room."

As for pudding, in the US, that is a specific type of dessert, usually a custard-based concoction such as banana pudding, which is a sort of trifle, so dessert is the general word.

An American friend was puzzled when I said I loved exploring old outhouses as a child ( meaning barns and stables-
To her an outhouse is a bathroom.

Calliopespa · 25/08/2024 15:19

MidnightMeltdown · 25/08/2024 14:54

I say 'Loo' unless I'm with non native English speakers, in which case I tend to say 'Toilet'.

Some of my family are not native English speakers and I know that 'Toilet' will be widely understood, whereas I'm not so sure about Loo.

I agree. I say toilet to foreigners or they stand there with their face scrunched up and say at the top of their voice: “ What did you say you need Madam? You need the WHAT?! The LOO??” Yep … now you all know. I feel like yelling back : “ Yes everybody: my bladder is currently engorged with urine!!”
But in uk it’s always loo. 🇬🇧🚽

Gallowayan · 25/08/2024 15:18

Prefer shitter.

Purrer · 25/08/2024 15:18

I think ‘loo’ is so twee and childish, it makes me cringe

HRTQueen · 25/08/2024 15:17

I don’t mind either I know what is meant

same with pudding/desert

i will use all

but do not like the word bog or worse bogo 🙄

CarolinaInTheMorning · 25/08/2024 15:16

I'm American and we avoid the word "toilet" at all costs, unless on the hopefully rare occasions when we need to refer to the actual receptacle, as in "DH, can you come help me. The toilet is stopped up." We say bathroom, whether or not there is a bathtub in the room, or restroom if in a commercial location. Also in a commercial location, we might say "ladies' room or men's room."

As for pudding, in the US, that is a specific type of dessert, usually a custard-based concoction such as banana pudding, which is a sort of trifle, so dessert is the general word.

oakleaffy · 25/08/2024 15:16

Calliopespa · 25/08/2024 15:13

Oh! Do you not call them looeries?

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Looeries! 🤣

That’s brilliant- might have to borrow that.

oakleaffy · 25/08/2024 15:14

JoeyDoesNotShareFood · 25/08/2024 15:11

Lol it's breakfast, lunch and dinner here too. Couldn't quite hold onto the dinner and tea for afternoon and night.

Tea is a drink. Dinner is night food.

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That’s what Dad used to say!
😂
Kids really can deliberately irritating just to annoy their long suffering parents.

NewMe2024 · 25/08/2024 15:13

Loo and pudding are both posher, apparently. I think I had it from Debrett’s.

Calliopespa · 25/08/2024 15:13

KimberleyClark · 25/08/2024 15:12

Do those who object to the word toilet hate the word toiletries too?

Oh! Do you not call them looeries?

BobbyBiscuits · 25/08/2024 15:12

I don't like 'loo'. For some reason it just sounds so twee. But I'm not much better in that I often refer to it as the 'bathroom'. I think it came from when I was living in the states but apparently now they call it a 'restroom' which is even more obscure.
Pudding and dessert are both fine, I don't really notice the difference.

KimberleyClark · 25/08/2024 15:12

Do those who object to the word toilet hate the word toiletries too?

JoeyDoesNotShareFood · 25/08/2024 15:11

oakleaffy · 25/08/2024 15:07

Oh no!
I used to say “ Breakfast dinner and tea “ to deliberately annoy parents- instead of “ Breakfast, lunch, dinner “

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Lol it's breakfast, lunch and dinner here too. Couldn't quite hold onto the dinner and tea for afternoon and night.

Tea is a drink. Dinner is night food.

oakleaffy · 25/08/2024 15:11

Cattenberg · 25/08/2024 15:08

Same here.

And loo is OK, but it’s a child’s word isn’t it? Like wee and poo.

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😂 I would call a poo a poo.
and a wee a wee.

What is one meant to say?
”I’m passing stools?”

”Urinating?”

I’m picking up dog stools on this walk!

KimberleyClark · 25/08/2024 15:11

deademptyduck · 25/08/2024 14:16

If I'm asking where they are I tend to ask for directions to the ladies! Loo or toilet don't feel right. Pudding to me is a specific type of desert - usually the type served with custard! Desert covers everything!

And there are savoury puddings too. I prefer dessert.

Calliopespa · 25/08/2024 15:10

ISeriouslyDoubtIt · 25/08/2024 14:33

It's loo and pudding, sweet is common.

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Agree. It’s the Nancy Mitford upper and non upper thing. She observed that people trying to sound posh adopted the French word “ toilet”, “dessert” “ serviette” etc instead of good old English words. It was because it was seen as affectation.

Strangely though words like “ chemise” and “robe” remain upper class whereas words like “frock” are a bit rough and ready.

As posted above, I do think the pudding / dessert thing has become a bit contextual as our eating habits become more international.

mewkins · 25/08/2024 15:09

oakleaffy · 25/08/2024 15:02

Steamed pudding and custard is one of life’s cozy childhood memories.
Gorgeous !

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Reminds me of school dinners....and not in a good way!

Cattenberg · 25/08/2024 15:08

JoeyDoesNotShareFood · 25/08/2024 15:06

Same here. It's how I know it to be used - Serviette or paper towel. Some may say 'paper napkin' instead of serviette or paper towel. Napkin is the fabric, reusable kind.

Language is quite interesting.

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Same here.

And loo is OK, but it’s a child’s word isn’t it? Like wee and poo.

oakleaffy · 25/08/2024 15:07

LoneHydrangea · 25/08/2024 15:01

As an inveterate snob, I was brought up to never say ‘toilet’ and cringe when I hear people say it. Ditto ‘dessert’.

My kids say both to wind me up 🤨

Oh no!
I used to say “ Breakfast dinner and tea “ to deliberately annoy parents- instead of “ Breakfast, lunch, dinner “