[Vwoolf] E.C.??

[Sarah M. Hall]

 Edward, this is probably 'earth closet', a precursor to the flushing toilet about which Wikipedia can enlighten you (https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pail_closet__;!!KGKeukY!y7IxJ9w3JoZXG-OEjO_T2wQoxerGdfnMpk1eZpxPxEgunUBWIS1QtaTaDVFct8lP503F-nfIzd6ghQyazCh83Mrc$ ). Although you might wish you'd never asked.
Sarah

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    On Tuesday, 9 July 2024 at 19:36:30 BST, Edward Mendelson via Vwoolf <vwoolf at lists.osu.edu> wrote:  
 
 Virginia Woolf at least twice writes in her diary about an “E.C.” where the sense seems to call for “W.C.”:

3 July 1919: "Nor is there hot water, nor a bath, & as for the E.C. I was never shown it.” 

1 October 1920: “execrable weather, no bath, one servant, & an E.C. down a winding glade.”

Am I misinterpreting E.C.? Does the E. perhaps stand for “eau”? Is there a private joke in which the “W” written sideways as an “E”? Am I missing the point entirely?

Enlightenment will be gratefully received.

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