Stepping off the bus in Penrith one day last summer, my first thought was: “Ewww!!” And it wasn’t ‘just me’. A bill board outside the Spar near the bus station, bore the words ‘Penrith Pon...Read More
Water closet – by any other name Water closet; toilet; privy; lavatory; loo; bog, ty bach in Welsh (‘little house’), khazi, netty… Brits have a LOT of words for what other English-speaking nat...Read More