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Thanks for the suggestion, Allen. I'll give it some thought.
Actually, just yesterday, I remembered an old friend I had while I was
digging in Skagway a couple of decades ago. I wrote to his much younger
wife last night and asked her what he used to call them. His father went up
with the gold rush. I used to hang out with them at their cabin up in
British Columbia on weekends. There, all they had was a little house out
back, but for the life of me, I can't remember what Paul called it. The
terms seem so regional and I've been all over the county. I think it might
have been "outhouse" but that seems so Midwest to me, because that's where
my family was from and that's what they always called it.
I'll keep you all posted.
Cathy
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"Allen Vegotsky"
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09/08/2004 07:56
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Cathy,
I've enjoyed the Histarch threads on cigars, whiskey& privies, and wish you
luck on your novel. Let us know when it is available.
I've thought some more about privies & all the names. Another idea about
privy names would be to have your characters in the tavern have their own
pet name for their privy. For example, I think that Montgomery's Ward (or
Monty's Ward) would do; having been so named by the users based on the
presence of Montgomery Ward Catalogs in the privy usable both as toilet
paper substitute and as reading matter when the weather permitted.
Allen
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