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Merthiolate stopped any tears. You avoided crying.
When I was a kid, my mom used to warm our school clothes on it before we got dressed for school in the winter.
When I was a kid, my mom used to warm our school clothes on it before we got dressed for school in the winter.
Merthiolate stopped any tears. You avoided crying.
Actually they were indoor heaters in our home - I think we had two.@RainstormZA How?? That's outside; it's cold outside - so how could the clothes get warm?
OH Yeah. We used to throw them at each others forheads to see which one made the loudest bang without getting knocked out
OH Yeah. We used to throw them at each others forheads to see which one made the loudest bang without getting knocked out
We still have them here in Sunny South Africa, it's only the nomenclature that differs ... we call 'em a Kakhuis, which has grown in slang to include people places, events and things.
It’s hard to imagine now, but many people in the UK still remember growing up with an outside toilet, (often called an outhouse) tin baths and having to collect water when the pipes froze.
Outdoor toilets like these outhouses were a normal part of life up until the 1950s, 1960s and even 1970s.
Over the years, the humble toilet has been referred to in many regional slang terms. Here’s some you may recognise.
Jacks
An old Tudor phrase for lavatory, jacks is a term more commonly used in Ireland. This is likely a reference to Jack Power, who invented the first multiple cubicle toilet. However, he never liked his name being associated with sanitation so he changed it by deed poll. His sudden, mysterious move to England combined with his line of business led to the phrase, “You don’t know jack s**t!”
Cludgie
Netty
Popular in the Northeast of England with Geordies and Mackems, netty is said to originate from the Italian word for toilet, gabbinetti. It may also be a corruption of the word necessary (which sanitation is, of course) or the French term nettoyer which means to cleanse.
So as you can see, we are not as heathen as may think, ... we speak Italian
Old afrikaans tannies used to refer to it as "Staal Druppels"What's merthiolate??
We used the term Jazz a bit in Rhodesia but mostly Loo.In our family we called the toilet "the jazz" e.g. I'm just going to the jazz."
I wonder if this is (was) a typical Jhb expression, as friends of mine, who are also originally from Jhb, also refer to it as the jazz.
Capetonians don't, so you can imagine the surprise on an old boyfriend's face the first time he heard me say it. He was a jazz (music) lover!!
We used the term Jazz a bit in Rhodesia but mostly Loo.