toilet, bathroom, restroom........
#1

ok what is the correct termage (i like this word...) for going to the loo!!!
When is it a bathroom and when is it a restroom...and why the hell cant i say im going to the toilet!!!!
When is it a bathroom and when is it a restroom...and why the hell cant i say im going to the toilet!!!!

#2






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Rest Room - when in a public place - store, restaurant etc
I don't really know why you can't say the "T" word???
Edit:
I guess it's polite to say "bathroom" rather than toilet. "Bathroom" suggests that you may just wish to wash your hands - "toilet" just states the obvious!
Last edited by JEM3110; Apr 21st 2008 at 9:52 pm.

#3

Restroom if it in a restaurant/bar/truckstop/service-station
Bathroom if it in a persons house (or has a bath)
Bathroom if it in a persons house (or has a bath)

#5

I think that the "T Word", rather than referring to the room itself (as in England), is only used to describe the thing you sit on and I think is not entirely descriptive of the complete facilities.
In England, I think it'd be like asking where the cistern was.
Alternatively, it might be considered to not be very polite a word to use in conversation, as in "It is a receptacle for crap".
In England, I think it'd be like asking where the cistern was.
Alternatively, it might be considered to not be very polite a word to use in conversation, as in "It is a receptacle for crap".

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I think that the "T Word", rather than referring to the room itself (as in England), is only used to describe the thing you sit on and I think is not entirely descriptive of the complete facilities.
In England, I think it'd be like asking where the cistern was.
Alternatively, it might be considered to not be very polite a word to use in conversation, as in "It is a receptacle for crap".
In England, I think it'd be like asking where the cistern was.
Alternatively, it might be considered to not be very polite a word to use in conversation, as in "It is a receptacle for crap".

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