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Re:How Africans Are Changing French – One Joke, Rap and Book... by petesergeant on Monday December 18, 2023 @01:27AM (#38679797)
Mmm, same word as "shitters" in British English, with what I have to imagine is an identical etymology
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Re:How Africans Are Changing French – One Joke, Rap and Book... by uxp8u61q on Monday December 18, 2023 @02:21AM (#38680024)
It's not a daring conjecture that the slang word for toilet has an etymology related to shit.
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Re:How Africans Are Changing French – One Joke, Rap and Book... by carlmr on Monday December 18, 2023 @04:00AM (#38680489)
In German there's "Scheisshaus" (shit house)
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