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    2. Is the fact of Luna for women also the reason the British call it the LU? John

    04/02/2006 03:43:21
    1. Re: [SCKY] Outhouse
    2. Brec Morton
    3. From The Word Detective http://www.word-detective.com/072999.html Incidentally, in case you folks out there were just warming up your ballpoints to write and ask where the term "loo" came from, I have some bad news: no one knows for sure. The most likely theory traces it to the French noun "lieu" (place), possibly from a shortening of the phrase "lieux d'aisance," meaning "places of comfort" (or "comfort stations"). Brec John wrote: "Is the fact of Luna for women also the reason the British call it the LU?" ==== SOUTH-CENTRAL-KENTUCKY Mailing List ====

    04/02/2006 02:55:13