tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Thu Sep 27 09:01:42 2007
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Re: puchpa'?
- From: McArdle <[email protected]>
- Subject: Re: puchpa'?
- Date: Thu, 27 Sep 2007 09:00:10 -0700 (PDT)
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--- QeS 'utlh <[email protected]> wrote:
> ... would you mind describing, for the benefit
> of my Australian English, how you define a
> "washroom"? Is it the same thing as a bathroom? From
> what I understand of U.S. English, the term
> "washroom" wouldn't usually be used to describe a
> room containing only a bath and no toilet; such a
> room would be pretty much exclusively called a
> "bathroom". Is this the case?)
bathroom: Usually, a room with a toilet, with or
without accompanying shower or tub. Can be used for a
room without a toilet, but this is not the common
case. Someone who asked "where's your bathroom?" and
was directed to a room lacking a toilet would almost
always be seriously put out.
restroom: A room with one or more toilets, usually
accessible to the public (we have bathrooms at home
but restrooms in the office).
washroom: A restroom, with perhaps a stronger
implication that you can wash there (but all restrooms
have sinks, so this is not an important distinction).
Does not, as far as I know, contain bathing
facilities. Not commonly heard where I've lived
(Northeast & Midwest U.S.) except perhaps in the
old-fashioned phrase "executive washroom" (which
smacks of the world of "How to Succeed in Business
Without Really Trying" more than of contemporary
life).
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