Why is the toilet called WC?

W c is the earliest expression of toilet, which means to tell others "I want to go to the toilet to take a shit and pee". This very vulgar expression was used by Britain, America and other countries 120 years ago. It has been introduced in China for many years, and many people in China know that WC is the English abbreviation of public toilet. But in fact, in foreign countries, WC disappeared a few years ago and was replaced by toilets, so foreigners didn't know WC jokes came out.

The meaning of WC itself is not much different from that of toilet, but rhetorically speaking, the former gives people a simple and unhygienic feeling, while the latter not only has a clean and comfortable feeling, but also can be dressed. Toilet comes from French, and even the French word "L 'eau de Toilet" is related to toilets, so it still has a very elegant feeling. Toilets are elegantly translated as "public toilets".

The word W.C is the abbreviation of W hiter-closet, in which the word closet is interpreted as "small room". The twentieth century dictionary defines a water closet as a small room for storing things, and "excrement" is washed away by water. WC is easy to understand, so it has been widely used. But because everyone knows what WC refers to, some people think it is indecent, so they use other more subtle words instead, such as toilet, lounge, bathroom, toilet dressing room and so on. Can be used to refer to the toilet. In general public places, toilets are divided by gender, with men or gentlemen written on them and women or ladies written on them. Therefore, in the foreign population, the word WC has basically disappeared; However, it still exists in many foreign languages dominated by English, because it is easy to catchy and will not be forgotten after listening, which is a language feature.