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- From: jude@shrimp.ph.ic (Jude Insley)
- Subject: RE:symbolism
- Message-ID: <1993Jan27.113943.15040@cc.ic.ac.uk>
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- Organization: Imperial College of Science, Technology and Medicine
- Date: Wed, 27 Jan 93 11:39:42 GMT
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- Me thinks you are mistaken about the meaning of the phrase 'making a toilet' as I
- believe it is used in the same sense as 'having a wash' e.g go and wash your
- hands before dinner ,etc..!!!!
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- It's a purely "old" English phrase which you won't have come across in more
- recent literature.
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- Hasta la vista, babe.
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- Jude Insley
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