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I'm afraid that the word written so many times above does, in fact, seem to be very vulgar. The 'middle-class' in Great Britain would tremble at its use in normal conversation. However, in aristocratic circles its use is very much accepted as are many other swear and blasphemous words which the 'middle-class' shudder at. When I was a small lad, some 70 odd years ago, its use was very much 'a la mode', eszpecially as I was born in the middle of the countryside where no one had a 'toilet' (lavatory) inside their houses. In fact, most of the little sheds (houses?) situated in the garden, were in fact, shithouses. Where one went to defecate. To pass water one used the most convenient and slightly hidden spot in the hedgerows! Should one use the word beginning with a 'd' or an 's' when describing a normal bodily function?
Nowadays, of course, there are lavatorys installed in almost every house in the land, commonly described as 'toilets' or, 'bathrooms' or 'the loo'.
In France, of course, they are described as a WC (water-closet)!
Cheers Larry (ex-Betfor Sigs).