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In Nice, I learned that nobody ever calls a toilet a "WC", but rather a "toilette", and that "ne" is generally optional in "ne .. pas" negation. But rappers lik
by justanother 3y ago
In Nice, I learned that nobody ever calls a toilet a "WC", but rather a "toilette", and that "ne" is generally optional in "ne .. pas" negation. But rappers like Dadju taught me Congolese slang like "kitoko." It took years to transform my American high school French into something less alien to people in France. Music was a huge part of that, though.
- jgtrosh 3y agoyou can say « les vécés » (or « le vatér » if you're an old Belgian man maybe), but more common are « les toilettes », « les chiottes » (vulgar but very common)
- kergonath 3y ago> « les chiottes » (vulgar but very common) Don’t use that word with people you don’t know, though… Being rude when asking for something is not the best strategy.
- petesergeant 3y agoMmm, same word as "shitters" in British English, with what I have to imagine is an identical etymology