the...water closet, WC, closet, lavatory, lav, john, ‘comfort station’(that’s a new one I’ve never heard of, kinda like it, guess it’s similar to ‘restroom’ as in ‘ladies/girls room/mens[gents]/boys room/), latrine, loo, washroom, powder room, shower, can, privy, head, public convenience <(another one I’ve never heard or that)> toilet facility, commode, crapper, potty, pot, throne, bog, urinal, cloakroom, ablutions (military informal, wow, fancy), dunny (Australia & old-fashioned N.Z.), khazi (slang), pissoir (French), toilette, and there are probably more. Geesh! Not complicated, huh? No, not the least bit.
The End.
‘Fish’ is one of those words like ‘Moose’ that remains the same whether singular or plural unless you are referring to something belonging to said creature, and then it would be apostrophe ‘s’. (I’m pretty sure of this, though did not google it.)
Anyway, humans seem to have progressively made their main form of communication with each other seriously complicated. It’s no wonder we can’t get along *sigh*
AND, to make matters ever worse, words or expressions can differ from region to region (just as pronunciation can) even down to individual families. It gets worser...even worse, you also have slang and internet language besides, plus made up words (which I like to create when there are none that fit precisely what I’m trying to express.)
Some of those (not mine, slang and stuff) even eventually make it into dictionaries as official ‘words’.
There are also multiple words/expressions for certain things, and since one of my previous rants was concerning our demonically possessed bathroom, I’ll go with that.
Firstly, some do call it the 'toilet', but to me, that is the object one empties their bodily waste into.
Saying 'I have to go to the toilet' is like giving way too much information. But that is just me and what I've grown up with. For instance,we were not allowed to call expelled intestinal gas, farts (but who would really say ‘expelled intestinal gas’? Come on!) My Mom said the word ‘fart’ was uncouth. We were allowed to say ‘smellies’ or ‘stinkers’ or ‘balloons’ <(because of the sound they make when you stretch the top sides apart while the air is being released, I suppose, rather like the compression of bum cheeks?)
So, getting back to the Fish/Moose thing, I question this, what of Bigfoot? Not them themselves (if they exist), but the term. I watch (on occasion, don’t judge) ‘Finding Bigfoot’. They call them ‘Bigfoots’ in the plural. That just does not sound correct. Shouldn’t it be ‘Bigfeet’, or at least ‘Bigfoot’ whether singular OR plural (and yes, those [Fish/Moose/Bigfoot] should not be capitalized....dang, all these rules and regulations of words!)
Unless, of course, in reality Bigfoot actually has only one large foot and hops around, like the Kasa-obake in Japanese legends. I dunno.
Back to ‘Finding Bigfoot’. I think Bobo is autistic or something. He rarely (if ever) changes his facial expression or blinks.
Here's the episode filmed in South Jersey, the stomping grounds of the Jersey Devil <(I have some stories to tell about ventures into the Pine Barrens, cranberry bogs and Leeds Point, but they will be saved for another post.
For as maligned as NJ often is, it truly has such a wonderful multi-faceted history, as well as many legends....and has me, too! ;)
the...water closet, WC, closet, lavatory, lav, john, ‘comfort station’(that’s a new one I’ve never heard of, kinda like it, guess it’s similar to ‘restroom’ as in ‘ladies/girls room/mens[gents]/boys room/), latrine, loo, washroom, powder room, shower, can, privy, head, public convenience <(another one I’ve never heard or that)> toilet facility, commode, crapper, potty, pot, throne, bog, urinal, cloakroom, ablutions (military informal, wow, fancy), dunny (Australia & old-fashioned N.Z.), khazi (slang), pissoir (French), toilette, and there are probably more. Geesh! Not complicated, huh? No, not the least bit.
The End.