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by Caprice

8/20/2015, 11:48 AM

The word we usually use in Swedish for lavatory is toalett, but almost everyone knows English, so it's not impossible that some people would associate Lavibelle with lavatories. It's more unusual to know French, actually. Nowadays most students choose to study Spanish, German or even Chinese as their third language (I chose French, though; when I went to school during the Middle Ages ;) you could only choose between French and German).

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- Joiya (guest) +1

8/20/2015, 11:51 AM

Lavatory is not that common in the US anymore, at least where I live. The last I heard it was when we called bathrooms "Lavs" in school (early 90s).

I tried to use Lav or Lavoratory a couple years ago and no one knew what I was talking about.

- Ismene (Madyson)

8/21/2015, 9:48 AM

I'm pretty sure airplane bathrooms are still referred to as lavatories.

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