# English folks, question about 'taking a wee'

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/english-folks-question-about-taking-a-wee/975173>\
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [November 18, 2022, 11:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/english-folks-question-about-taking-a-wee/975173 "2022-11-18T23:18:53Z")\
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**Author:** ![EinsteinsHund](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/einsteinshund/32/8400_2.png) [@EinsteinsHund](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EinsteinsHund)\
**Post date:** [November 27, 2022, 5:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/english-folks-question-about-taking-a-wee/975173/61 "2022-11-27T17:52:07Z")

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Could definitely come from Dutch too, as Dutch and German are very similar with a lot of overlap in vocabulary.

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**Author:** ![PatrickLondon](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/patricklondon/32/4422_2.png) [@PatrickLondon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PatrickLondon)\
**Post date:** [November 27, 2022, 8:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/english-folks-question-about-taking-a-wee/975173/62 "2022-11-27T20:14:41Z")

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I think “caca” is common to a lot of languages, French certainly, and I would assume the other Latinate languages.

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**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\
**Post date:** [November 27, 2022, 8:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/english-folks-question-about-taking-a-wee/975173/63 "2022-11-27T20:18:13Z")

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The word’s been around a while…

[![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/WfY6DxhnfKo/hqdefault.jpg "Caveman 1981 - Funny Ca-Ca Shit Scene") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WfY6DxhnfKo)

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**Author:** ![BwanaBob](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bwanabob/32/2985_2.png) [@BwanaBob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BwanaBob)\
**Post date:** [November 29, 2022, 7:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/english-folks-question-about-taking-a-wee/975173/64 "2022-11-29T19:00:48Z")

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And I’ve seen it as “paid a dime and …”. (In the USA)

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