Hudo

Hudo

A hudo is an outdoor pit toilet in a Scout camp, with a wooden sitting frame and a tarpaulin for coverage. The name is in common use in Dutch and Belgian Scouting, and has international connotation.

Etymology

The word "hudo" is derived from the Urdu word "howdah", which is the covered carriage on elephants in India.cite journal | url = http://www.cmo.nl/oww/passiton/?download=Hudo_NRC.pdf | journal = NRC Handelsblad | date = 15 February 2002 | title = Hudo, okkendollen, tijgerval en Balkan | language = Dutch | format = dead link|date=June 2008 – [http://scholar.google.co.uk/scholar?hl=en&lr=&q=author%3A+intitle%3AHudo%2C+okkendollen%2C+tijgerval+en+Balkan&as_publication=%5B%5BNRC+Handelsblad%5D%5D&as_ylo=&as_yhi=&btnG=Search Scholar search] ] The word is attributed to Robert Baden-Powell, who introduced it into Scouting jargon, together with other non-English word such as "jamboree" (Swahili) and "oubaas" (Afrikaans).Fact|date=July 2007

Other wider known etymological explanations include the acronym of "houd uw darmen open" (Dutch for 'keep your bowels open') which has it analogy in kybo (English), and the contraction of "hurkdoos" (Dutch for 'squat loo'). The value of these explanations is questioned.

References

ee also

*Scouting Nederland
*3rd World Scout Jamboree


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