@theautisticcoach@actuallyautistic@actuallyautistics ha. My problem/overeaction is with the use of the word 'bathroom' in this context. It's been decades since I first heard it as a euphemism for what to me is a toilet/bog/crapper etc and I still had to go away and breathe until the nausea subsided before I could respond. It's like the implied squeamishness (from my perspective) about bodily functions is somehow infectious. No problem with getting in the bath, I can go to the bathroom and stay in the bath all day 😂
I remember visiting London not long ago and noticing that publicly available toilets were consistently signed "Toilet[s]" instead of "Bathroom" or "Restroom" the way they usually are in the US.
I was, of course, totally fine with that. Exactly what it says on the tin, as the locals say. By contrast the US tries to pretend toilets don't exist (outwardly).
fwiw “toilet” is also a euphemism — a “toilette” was a cloth wrapper for storing clothes, and a “toilet” was originally a dressing room, not a pooping room
@neuralex@EverBeyondReach@gri@theautisticcoach@actuallyautistic@actuallyautistics That sense still kinda/sorta survives in "toiletries" (things you use for grooming and hygiene) and "toilet kit" (the bag or equivalent those things go in, especially for travel), but even those 2 forms seem quite a bit less common now than I remember them being 20-30 years ago.
@axnxcamr@dpnash@neuralex@EverBeyondReach@gri@theautisticcoach@actuallyautistic@actuallyautistics Actually it comes from "faire sa toilette", to wash in English. Historically, people didn't have tap water to wash themselves and used towels with alcohol. They added perfume to the alcohol to smell better. As the alcohol replaced water, it took the name "eau" and the "eau pour faire sa toilette" became "eau de toilette".
I love how this thread went sideways, and how you enumerated the various euphemisms. For whatever reason, I use the term "Loo" in my writing to avoid the silly literal meanings of those words, and am not going to look up the etymology. Nope.
Wiktionary thinks the etymology of "loo" is uncertain, and lists several (mostly non-disgusting) possibilities, preferring "Waterloo" as a supposed punning alternative to "water closet". My favorite of the alternatives is the French lieu, meaning "place", referring to ... well, that place, of course.
I'm suddenly diving down a rabbit hole of transposing Garde Loo (a corruption of the French for "Look out for the water" with Loup Garou (French for werewolf).
Either way, if someone shouts it from above, move fast!
If Guarde à l'eau (lookout, water!) is the etymology, evoking a smelly reminder of sooty cities before sewers and people crying out warnings from upper windows, I'm even more inclined to use the word loo!. Thank you.
@dpnash Ah, but the English had their own euphemisms. Retiring room, Powder room, Spending a penny. Fiction rarely, if ever, referred to bodily functions. The occasional mention of a chamber pot was a bit of a shock. 'Amenities' is another one. I have to confess I do say Loo, which may be rhyming slang, or some other obscure euphemism.
Aren't we precious?😉 @EverBeyondReach@gri@theautisticcoach@actuallyautistic@actuallyautistics
@theautisticcoach@actuallyautistic@actuallyautistics ...to answer the actual question. Much better since I've done loads of work on muscle isolation, awareness, and control - especially the different bits of the 'core'. But that's maybe more to do with the #hEDS side of things
I have forgotten until I really need go but don't have easy access... but on the flip side I've encountered gastrointestinal issues when I can't get there fast enough... or for that matter tell if I have gas or something else that will be both more embarrassing and more unpleasant
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