Talk:gardyloo

Later use
It was still in use as a warning in the 1960's in Edinburgh, for example when children were playing on an ice slide and calling "gardieloo" to warn people ahead. I have also heard it more recently (2009) on a golf course when the "Fore" warning was apparently ignored, used by a man in his 60's.

Etymology
Oh dear! This is an internet myth. The French for watch out for is gare à, which is an interjection. French garder means to keep, preserve! Take a little took at this - in Wiktionary itself:
 * 'A common false folk etymology is that the word comes from the exclamation "garde à l'eau!" ("mind the water!") used when emptying a chamber pot out of a window onto the public sidewalk or street'. http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/gardyloo Norvo (talk) 23:47, 22 August 2013 (UTC)
 * The folk etymology referred to in the above quotation is that the word loo is derived from gardyloo, not that gardyloo comes from the French. — Cheers, Jack Lee  –talk– 14:25, 22 August 2015 (UTC)

jordeloo
This appears in at least one old dictionary as an alternative form. No citation seems to be given. Equinox ◑ 22:22, 30 July 2015 (UTC)
 * This appears to be a mistake: see the 1858 quotation. — Cheers, Jack Lee  –talk– 14:25, 22 August 2015 (UTC)

profuming
This word appears in one citation given. What does it mean? Equinox ◑ 03:22, 12 November 2017 (UTC)