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Toilet rather than bathroom, since their baths were amazing.
by cblconfederate 5y ago
Toilet rather than bathroom, since their baths were amazing.
- azalemeth 5y agoI agree with this. The original title is ``What toilets and sewers tell us about ancient Roman sanitation''.
- kgwgk 5y agohttps://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/go-to-the-bathroom https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/go-to-th...
- GoodbyeMrChips 5y agoAs the Cambridge dictionary says, 'Bathroom' is US English for toilet. Hence the confusion. I do find the use of euphemisms in the USA such has 'bathroom' (mate, where is the bath?) or 'restroom' (I don't need a rest, I need a shit) a little odd. Here in Blighty, it is perfectly fine to ask the butler in Buckingham Palace where the toilet is. Or the bog for that matter :-)
- kgwgk 5y agoThe British euphemism "going to the toilet" for pissing/shitting is also a little odd: https://getyarn.io/yarn-clip/760afb9b-6723-4206-bfdb-d832a180963c https://getyarn.io/yarn-clip/760afb9b-6723-4206-bfdb-d832a18... And toilet itself is a washing-related euphemism like bath or lavatory. It comes from the French word toilette (little piece of cloth).
- GoodbyeMrChips 5y agoOh certainly. A more well spoken person in Britain will always say 'lavatory' instead of 'toilet'. https://theconversation.com/toilet-or-lavatory-how-words-britons-use-betray-national-obsession-with-class-52719 https://theconversation.com/toilet-or-lavatory-how-words-bri...