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Old 04-10-2006, 10:30 AM   #28
johnfowles
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Originally posted by SilverHeels:
OK. Gotcha. We have 'half bath' downstairs and we call it the 'cloakroom'.
I am very surprised that so far the Sydney hooligan has not piped up to explain that down under such a convenience is called a "dunny"

I understand from the wiki page for dunny that
that word "is often used to specify a distinction between a flushing toilet and a non-flushing toilet (e.g., a longdrop)"
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