From Reuters via Scotsman.com:
Some Beijing motorists are flushed with anger over new licence plate numbers that contain the letter combination “WC”, saying it gives them “unpleasant images”.
Along with “OK”, “hello” and “bye-bye”, the abbreviation for the Victorian “Water Closet”, or toilet, has became one of the most well-known English expressions in China. Despite being on a jargon hitlist of Olympic organisers, who plan to replace the “WC” with the more bog-standard “toilet”, it remains all-too-vivid for some of the 800 Bejing car owners issued with the initials on their licence plates. [Full Text]
