EfreetSK@lemmy.world to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · 18 hours agoTIL "WC" is an initialism for "water closet"en.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square22linkfedilinkarrow-up1163arrow-down120file-text
arrow-up1143arrow-down1external-linkTIL "WC" is an initialism for "water closet"en.wikipedia.orgEfreetSK@lemmy.world to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · 18 hours agomessage-square22linkfedilinkfile-text
I’m from non-english speaking country but we use “WC” for toilet and I just found out the meaning behind it
minus-squareAItoothbrush@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10·8 hours agoThats why colloquially we call toilets “vécé” in hungarian which is basically VC(wc) pronounced as a word.
minus-squareBinette@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·5 hours agoStrangely enough, same in french.
Thats why colloquially we call toilets “vécé” in hungarian which is basically VC(wc) pronounced as a word.
same in croatian
Strangely enough, same in french.
Same in Swedish.