Hi Phil. In the Uk tape version I have read by steven fry (which I presume is taken from the Uk print edition of the book, sinse the american audio had a different reader), it is stil called "moaning Myrtle's bathroom" on a couple of occasions, though this is certainly not a usual British phraise.
I don't believe the book ever calls it "moaning myrtle's lavatory" though it is often also called Moaning myrtle's toilet, or moaning myrtle's loo, which are both very usual terms for it overhere. Even here in England you would only catch incredibly upper class peopletalking about a "Lavatory" I'm afraid, if you want a standard English term, I'd recommend calling it "moaning myrtle's toilet" which is as i said, used in the books. The broom cupboard thing though is exactly right, calling it a "closet" just wouldn't be natural over here. Btw, the in England, "Bathroom" usually does just mean a room with a bath, not necessarily containing a toilet, so the Us expression has always given me a rather disturbing thought, reguarding confusing room functions. I can't believe I've just spent all this time discussing tdifferent words for toilet! this is strange! Beware the grue! Dark. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Phil Vlasak" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Gamers Discussion list" <gamers@audyssey.org> Sent: Saturday, January 27, 2007 8:27 PM Subject: [Audyssey] Moaning Myrtle's lavatory > Hi Folks, > In researching what to call what in the Sarah game I was using the US > editions of the books. > But I noticed a British site that referred to > Moaning Myrtle's lavatory. > In the US editions it is > Moaning Myrtle's Bathroom. > I have already changed broom closet to broom cupboard as it is in the > British editions. > As I want to be consistent I am planning on changing bathroom to lavatory. > I hope American people will know that lavatory means bathroom and not a > laboratory. > Of course, even in Merlin's pinball game, the announcer has the same > problem! > smiles, > Phil > > > _______________________________________________ > Gamers mailing list .. Gamers@audyssey.org > To unsubscribe send E-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] You can > visit > http://audyssey.org/mailman/listinfo/gamers_audyssey.org to make > any subscription changes via the web. _______________________________________________ Gamers mailing list .. Gamers@audyssey.org To unsubscribe send E-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] You can visit http://audyssey.org/mailman/listinfo/gamers_audyssey.org to make any subscription changes via the web.
