I propose that we name it "room of cleansing".
'cause that what you mostly do in there.
'cause that what you mostly do in there.
Literature The British English vs American English thread!
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kazyeeqen
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When I'm in North America, I call the loo the Restroom. In the UK either the toilet or I'll say that 'I have to spend a penny'.
In public places throughout the UK the signs do say toilets, this isn't considered rude or vulgar.
http://www.gatwickairport.com/Documents/Maps/GatwickN_Aug_12 v4.pdf
http://www.bbcamerica.com/anglophenia/2011/09/frasers-phrases-spend-a-penny/
In public places throughout the UK the signs do say toilets, this isn't considered rude or vulgar.
http://www.gatwickairport.com/Documents/Maps/GatwickN_Aug_12 v4.pdf
http://www.bbcamerica.com/anglophenia/2011/09/frasers-phrases-spend-a-penny/
I say "loo" which probably sounds stupid to some people.
With my dogs I say number 1 or 2, I was at a vegan restaurant with some people this year and I nearly announced that I needed to go number 1. In my defence I was tired.
With my dogs I say number 1 or 2, I was at a vegan restaurant with some people this year and I nearly announced that I needed to go number 1. In my defence I was tired.
AeryFairy
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When boyfriend gets up to go to the toilet, and I ask where he's going, he yells "POOP!" at me and then giggles. Luckily, he is adorable and can get away with being a total child.
Ha ha...SummerRain's thread about "pickle" had me googling Branston pickle...I guess it's what we call relish. At first I was, like, what does she mean? You simply take "the pickle" out of the jar and eat it!
Yeah, I guess it was a just a hangup my mom has
she is also really picky about table manners 
PiSis
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last night on Jay Leno, Jamie Lee Curtis was talking about all the memorabilia she had from her past movies and how she doesn't like to keep it and has tossed out most of it. and then Jay Leno said something like "you toss it out?!?" and she said "yeah, i'm a tosser."
there were a just a few giggles in the audience by those in the know (maybe some British tourists?) and i was all lol and thought of this thread.
kazyeeqen
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I usually tell my man exactly where I'm going and how long to expect me to be away because there are few things more annoying that getting into the bathroom and then he realized he needed something and knocks and asks if I'm going to be long. Private time.
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What about Scottish English? Apparently so hard to understand that some of our tv programmes have to be subtitled in England.
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Also re the toilets discussion I have been known to say " can I use your Bathroom" when at someone else's house, didn't know it was an Americanism! I often say loo and was recently told its quite a posh word- I actually thought it was less posh than saying toilet but apparently not. At my work most of the women I work with (who tend to be of an older generation) will say "I'm going to the ladies" or " I'm just going to powder my nose." In general I prefer not to announce where I'm going though.
I know what you mean.
However when you're at someone's house, what do you say or do you just get up and go ? It's always an awkward situation.
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Still when I heard about the subtitling thing I couldn't believe it!
My accent is not very broad at all, but true story I once visiting Ireland with some friends all of whom were Austrian (so English was their second language) and on THREE separate occasions local Irish people failed to understand what I was saying and my Austrian friends had to repeat it for me only to be understood perfectly! I was like excuse me I'm the native speaker here! In one Irish pub I had to repeat myself 3 times!
