I've never heard of it. I would imagine it's a roll of toilet paper though.Originally Posted by Over the top
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Thread: Bogroll
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01-Dec-2011, 12:45 #1
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Bogroll
Hello
How much it is common?
Do Americans understand what it means?
Thank you
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01-Dec-2011, 12:54 #2
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Re: Bogroll
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02-Dec-2011, 11:38 #3
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Re: Bogroll
This is very common in UK and Raymott is correct
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02-Dec-2011, 15:21 #4
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Re: Bogroll
It's not a word I'm familiar with, and I'm a lifelong American from the Midwest.
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02-Dec-2011, 15:42 #5
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Re: Bogroll
I've never heard this either. Is it common in the UK? A "bog" is a marshy place you grow cranberries. Is it a toilet in the UK? In Australia?
I'm not a teacher, but I write for a living. Please don't ask me about 2nd conditionals, but I'm a safe bet for what reads well in (American) English.
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02-Dec-2011, 16:06 #6
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Re: Bogroll
'The bog(s)' was a common word for the lavatories among boys when I was at school in the fifties and sixties; bogroll was provided, if one was lucky. It was still being used by schoolboys in the nineties; I don't know if it is common today.
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02-Dec-2011, 19:55 #7
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Re: Bogroll
What? The same bogroll? Originally Posted by 5jj
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07-Dec-2011, 01:56 #8
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Born and raised in USA, never heard this.
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09-Dec-2011, 07:19 #9
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Re: Bogroll
LOL! Originally Posted by Raymott
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09-Dec-2011, 11:30 #10
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Re: Bogroll
I don't hear it used that much nowadays. Originally Posted by Barb_D
