tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14107862.post1107225118262595835..comments2023-11-16T17:56:09.323-06:00Comments on The “Blog” of “Unnecessary” Quotation Marks: Apologies for "inconvenience"bethanyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08163733354894909762noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14107862.post-31989474564540450912014-06-14T06:45:18.403-05:002014-06-14T06:45:18.403-05:00"Public Convenience" is standard old-sch..."Public Convenience" is standard old-school British municipal-speak for "public toilet".. A Google image search will bring up loads of venerable old public lavatories so inscribed. More modern ones tend to say "Public Toilet" or just "Toilet".<br /><br />"Convenience" on its own isn't generally used, but the pun on "inconvenience" is a standard British joke (such as it is).Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04745195410971047848noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14107862.post-33317014469345175112014-04-10T10:35:54.374-05:002014-04-10T10:35:54.374-05:00I don't think I have ever heard convenience us...I don't think I have ever heard convenience used that way. Funny how we have so many different words for the same thing.bethanyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08163733354894909762noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14107862.post-29570319594314401662014-04-08T13:21:31.782-05:002014-04-08T13:21:31.782-05:00Convenience means toilet...Convenience means toilet...Reluctant Engineerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00226939025365170574noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14107862.post-1552333041806733522014-04-05T21:13:07.167-05:002014-04-05T21:13:07.167-05:00Wait, what pun? I don't get it.Wait, what pun? I don't get it.bethanyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08163733354894909762noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14107862.post-7266330816987395822014-04-05T11:59:34.187-05:002014-04-05T11:59:34.187-05:00They might be using it to emphasize the pun on con...They might be using it to emphasize the pun on convenience? I think that is actually legitimate!Jack Websterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07389322054758592715noreply@blogger.com