English Go Away! Destruction of Classic Japanese Literature!

[matsuki]

I had a tourist come up to me a few weeks ago and ask me where the toilet was; he had been told where the WC was and was thoroughly confused.

I didn't know what the hell a WC or "water closet" was when I first heard em either. (though I rather prefer it to "bathroom" that most Americans say...there's no fucking bath in there? Are you going to take a bath in the toilet?!)

[yanpa]

I had a tourist come up to me a few weeks ago and ask me where the toilet was; he had been told where the WC was and was thoroughly confused.

I didn't know what the hell a WC or "water closet" was when I first heard em either. (though I rather prefer it to "bathroom" that most Americans say...there's no fucking bath in there? Are you going to take a bath in the toilet?!)

WC is a genuine Victorian-era Anglicism which has proved popular in certain countries like in Germany, where you can often find a veeeeh-tseeeh.

Now, about "bath tissue"... don't you find it dissolves right away if you try and use it in the bath?

[Samurai_Jerk]

Never heard of bath tissue but I'm surprised WC was not known to matsuki. It's not used in the US but I would think most people know what it means. Or maybe I just have superior knowledge of all things toilet related.

[matsuki]

Never heard of bath tissue

I never really heard it either...."TP" or "toilet paper" but then the Costco TP says bath tissue on it....maybe it's a regional thing?

but I'm surprised WC was not known to matsuki. It's not used in the US but I would think most people know what it means. Or maybe I just have superior knowledge of all things toilet related.

Never saw it at all in my north/central American ventures....see it everywhere in Asia though.

[Mike Oxlong]

Never heard of bath tissue but I'm surprised WC was not known to matsuki. It's not used in the US but I would think most people know what it means. Or maybe I just have superior knowledge of all things toilet related.

I think he just enjoys playing the Ugly American. FG is his selfie-shtick.

[yanpa]

Never heard of bath tissue

I never really heard it either...."TP" or "toilet paper" but then the Costco TP says bath tissue on it....maybe it's a regional thing?

I'll post a photo. Saw it in a supermarket (Safeway) in Oregon, presumably as a euphemism for arse-wipe paper.

[Wage Slave]

Is "Comfort Room" American or is it a Filipino euphemism.

[matsuki]

Is "Comfort Room" American or is it a Filipino euphemism.

Ehhhhh, what the hell is that?

....looks like it's Filipingrish

[Wage Slave]

Is "Comfort Room" American or is it a Filipino euphemism.

Ehhhhh, what the hell is that?

....looks like it's Filipingrish

Must be. Thanks.

They have some odd ones. Wayward trucks was another good one. The only place I've heard stranger was Liberia. Rascals on the loose and people getting rascalled no less. Missie, little missie, master, little master and more.

[matsuki]

The only place I've heard stranger was Liberia. Rascals on the loose and people getting rascalled no less. Missie, little missie, master, little master and more.

I think this is what they were trying to say...

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[Samurai_Jerk]

Never heard of bath tissue

I never really heard it either...."TP" or "toilet paper" but then the Costco TP says bath tissue on it....maybe it's a regional thing?

I'll post a photo. Saw it in a supermarket (Safeway) in Oregon, presumably as a euphemism for arse-wipe paper.

Costco comes from Seattle so maybe matsuki is right about it being regional. Though I don't remember hearing it in my six years in the Pacific Northwest.

[Wage Slave]

And all the bars and nightclubs were in Girly St.

[wagyl]

The only place I've heard stranger was Liberia. Rascals on the loose and people getting rascalled no less. Missie, little missie, master, little master and more.

Plenty of Rascals in Port Moresby, and they should be taken seriously, despite their name.

[matsuki]

The only place I've heard stranger was Liberia. Rascals on the loose and people getting rascalled no less. Missie, little missie, master, little master and more.

Plenty of Rascals in Port Moresby, and they should be taken seriously, despite their name.

Sounds scarier than the local "yankii"

[Wage Slave]

The only place I've heard stranger was Liberia. Rascals on the loose and people getting rascalled no less. Missie, little missie, master, little master and more.

Plenty of Rascals in Port Moresby, and they should be taken seriously, despite their name.

Sounds scarier than the local "yankii"

Likewise the rascals in Monrovia were much more dangerous than their name suggested - And that was before people started dressing up in women's clothes, taking drugs and carrying AK47s to go about their work. Never been a colony, the first independent state in Africa, the support of the US from the get go and look at it. Maybe it's time to take another look at/do some revision on the evils of colonialism after all.

[inflames]

Is "Comfort Room" American or is it a Filipino euphemism.

Ehhhhh, what the hell is that?

....looks like it's Filipingrish

I got confused and thought it was some sort of Japanese thing from world war 2.

[Russell]

Is "Comfort Room" American or is it a Filipino euphemism.

Ehhhhh, what the hell is that?

....looks like it's Filipingrish

I got confused and thought it was some sort of Japanese thing from world war 2.

That's only when you fill the room with Korean women...

[Coligny]

Basturd...

[matsuki]

"comfort"

Maybe that's one bit of fucked Engrish we should adopt?

I was "comforted" by a woman last night. Damn she's drunk, I wonder if I can" comfort" her.