General Chat

Loo usually. Incidentally, is it just my fella or do any others have a habit of disappearing to the loo with a newspaper when the tea is ready, only to emerge 20 minutes later when it has gone stone cold?! Drives me nuts!!

Loo normally, but ladies or bathroom when out and about depending on where it is! Where I work (posh area) we have lavatory paper!!! Sue

bog if im with a lady! sh*tter with me mates!!

Well, us aussies I think mostly refer to it as loo just because we use slang so much and feel comfortable in using it as part of our vocabulary. But Toilet is the more polite word I would say.

My dad always used to say "going to see a man about a dog", not about going to the loo but whenever I asked where he was going. Used to get really excited 'cos thought we were going to get a dog - never did though. :( Kxx

Oh Hahaha I remember grandad saying he had to see a man about a dog....I too wanted to go! Also remember the term "going to see me aunt" aaaaah memories... Elaine x

I say bathroom too!! :O) Just think everything else sounds so so crass!! :O)

in a pub one day a bloke told me he was going to paint the wall. I mostly say loo

I usually say loo, but also ladies if I am out. Trouble with lavatory is when it is shortened to lav or lavvie.

In the early days in Oz, it was called the "OUT HOUSE" because most toilets/loo's were outside in the backyard. This was upgraded to "DUNNY" or "BOGGER" if ya posh. Tony.

In airline talk we used to say were gonging to the Brasco. Wayne

Deborah, My Dad used to say 'going to see a man about a dog' and 'going turn his bike around'!? I call it the loo, lavatory, toilet, ladies or bathroom. Children at school ask if they can 'go for a toilet' I ask them where they will get one from and not to bring it into class! Viv

Some men "point Percy at the Porcelain". I rather like toilet...after all, it probably comes from the French "toilette", which I think means to freshen and make oneself pretty, n'est pas?? Dee x

what about 'cludgy' or 'closet' ( not necessarily the coming out of kind) or in Lancashire we had a 'long-drop'

Felicity I lived in West in USA and all my friends said 'go potty' too! I was a student at the time so it didn't sound too bad from 18 year old girls - but if they still say it now as adults i'm sure it would sound strange!! Joanne

we say bathroom.........my dad always said off to see a man about a dog ......always thought we were gonna get a dog :((( Much happiness Debi

You're right Felicity, I couldn't say "go Potty". My hubby quite often states he's off to the s**tter or cr**per. Such a gent!

I don't know if this is a USA West Coast saying but many people here say that they have to 'go potty'. It sounds very odd to me, especially when it is an adult talking about themselves. So long as everyone understands what is meant I don't suppose it matters much what words are used. Each to their own!

I used to live in the States so tend to say 'bathroom' or sometimes say 'little girls room'. Toilet sounds so vulgar and unhygenic. All personal preference though and don't mind what people call it really. Just some terms sound more refined than others! Joanne

Bob - anything from 20p to £1