Why is the toilet called W.C?

Category: Education/Sciencegt; gt; Foreign Language Learning

Analysis:

The origin of WC.

The word W.C. is water -The abbreviation of "closet", in which the word "closet" is originally interpreted as "small room".

"Twentieth Century Dictionary" explains water-closet as: a small room used as a room, and the "discharge" is flushed away with water. The meaning of W.C. is easy to understand, so it has been widely used. However, since everyone knows what W.C refers to, some people think it is indecent, so they use other more vague words instead, such as lavatory, restroom, bathroom, toilet powder-room, etc., which can all be used to refer to toilets.

In general public places, toilet directions are differentiated by gender. Men's toilets are usually written "men" or "gent's", and female toilets are written "women" or "ladies'". Therefore, among the foreign population, the word W.C. has basically disappeared; however, it is still retained in many places where English is the basic foreign language, because it is easy to pronounce and will not be forgotten once you hear it. This can be regarded as a linguistic phenomenon. kind of characteristics.

As for the names of various devices in the lavatory, they are listed below. In current houses, in order to save space, the toilet is often located in the bathroom (actually this is unhygienic), so the equipment includes: shower (shower), bathtowel (bath towel) soap-stand (soap dish), water tank (water tank), close-stool (toilet), lavatory brush (flushing brush) and other necessary supplies.

The "toilet" culture in British and American countries

Such a joke: A foreign guest wanted to go to the toilet, so he said to the translator: "I wonder if I can go somewhere?" Is it convenient?) But the translator misunderstood somewhere as "somewhere", so he replied "Yes, you can go anywhere in China." (Okay, you can go anywhere in China.) The foreign guests couldn't help but be stunned. It can be seen that if you don't understand some expressions of "toilet" in English, you will make mistakes.

1.Public lavatory means "public toilet". In public places, the toilet doors are marked Gent's (men's toilet), or Ladies' (women's toilet), sometimes also marked Men's. Men's room, Gentleman's, Women's Women's room. For example: Where is the Gent's? (Where is the toilet?) If you would like a wash, the Gentleman's is just over there. (If you want to go to the toilet, the men's toilet is over there.)

2. Toilet is the most commonly used word. It can refer to "public toilet" or "private toilet". For example: I wonder where the toilet is. (I wonder where the toilet is.)

3vatory is a polite word, but not as commonly used as toilet.

4. Bathroom is a written language.

5.loo is a colloquial word, which is commonly used in the UK. It mainly refers to the toilet in a private residence. For example: Excuse me, would you like to tell me where the loo is? (Excuse me, where is the toilet?)

6. Powder room is an American idiom, commonly used by ladies. For example: I would like to powder my nose. It shows American humor.

7.wash room, washing room, westroom are often used in American English.

8. W.C. is the abbreviation of water closet. It is often used in British English and means "a toilet with water but no equipment." Imitate the form of English W and C.

9. John is slang. For example: Last night I went to visit John ice. (I went to the toilet last night.)

10. go and see one's aunt is slang, often used in British English, meaning "go to the toilet" and "go Shit”.