Funny Toilet

The netty is the most common word used in the North East England. Many outsiders are often bemused when a Geordie or a Mackem states they are "gannin te the netty" (going to the bathroom). The etymology of the word is uncertain, but it is believed to be either derived from a corruption of "necessity" or from graffiti scrawled on Hadrian's wall. It is linked to the Italian word gabinetti meaning "toilets" (singular gabinetto).
• Derivations of "house"
The standalone toilet has been variously known as backhouse, house of ease, house of office, little house, or outhouse.
The "house of office" was a common name for a toilet in seventeenth century England, used by, among others, Samuel Pepys on numerous occasions: October 23, 1660: ...going down into my cellar..., I put my foot into a great heap of turds, by which I find Mr Turner's house of office is full and comes into my cellar.