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Gaelic for "loo"?

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THC | 12:17 Tue 07th Sep 2010 | Phrases & Sayings
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My grandmother had Scottish roots and there's a phrase she used for the smallest room in the house (and pardon my ignorance on the correct spelling) - she called it the "dun ay gue" or similar. Anyone know what the correct phrase is?
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'dunnakin' was an old word.... related to 'dung' and the Australian 'dunny'
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Yes, I thought that it had something to do with the Aussie "dunny"
isn´t it leitrus or something like it in irish gaelic
Scottish Gaelic often refers to it as 'tigh bheag', i.e. little house.
It's actually "taigh beag":
http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/taigh_beag

Pronounced "tie beck" i.e. rhymes with "my deck"...
The Welsh terminology is - Ty Bach or "little house"
I beleive the Welsh also use the phrase "lle chwech" (room 6).

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