[Vwoolf] E.C.??

[Stuart N. Clarke]

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An EC is an earth closet.  I've used one, or at least some repellent version 
of one.

Stuart

-----Original Message----- 
From: Edward Mendelson via Vwoolf
Sent: Tuesday, July 9, 2024 7:35 PM
To: vwoolf at lists.osu.edu
Subject: [Vwoolf] E.C.??

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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