Dear internets

[trixtah]

English is not a subset of US English. It's the other way round. Kthxbai.

PS. US English speakers out there - I know that using the word "toilet" is deemed somehow impolite, but is it true that it's only ever used to refer to the plumbing fixture? (If you're not using terms like "commode" instead) That is, it's not used to refer to the "smallest room" at all?

Comments

[trixtah.livejournal.com]

Totally. But it's been a learning experience - I knew they avoided the term altogether, but I didn't realise the word was only reserved for the plumbing fixture, on the rare occasions people can bring themselves to say it.

[mmegaera.livejournal.com]

No, you folks segregating it off into a room without even a sink is being weird about toilets [g].

[trixtah.livejournal.com]

Well, in swanky houses, there often is a little sink in there, but it's pretty much always right next to the bathroom (ie. the bathroom with just the washing fixtures). :-)

[mmegaera.livejournal.com]

Well, that's a new one on me [g].

[ironed_orchid]

Sometimes it's in the bathroom, but often it's not, probably so you don't have to worry about someone being in the shower when you wake up with a full bladder.

[mmegaera.livejournal.com]

That, I admit, would be useful. I have a full bath upstairs and a half bath downstairs in my little condo (the bath downstairs shares a room with the washer and dryer), so if I had guests and really got desperate, we'd be okay [g].

[ironed_orchid]

Yeah, it makes more sense knowing this, which had never occurred to me before. I assumed bathroom was a euphemism, because some bathrooms have toilets, but it didn't make sense to me in public space contexts.