Re: [YAEUT] Lexical variation survey

li_sasxsek@NUTTER.NET wrote:
>> [mailto:CONLANG@listserv.brown.edu] On Behalf Of R A Brown
>
>>> 19. the toilet facilities in a public place: bathroom,
>>> facilities, ladies' room / men's room, lavatory, loo, restroom,
>>> toilet,
>> washroom,
>>> WC, john
>> Informal: 'loo' or 'bog' (depending on company); formal: 'lavatory'
>> or 'toilet' facetious: "little boy's room"
>>
>> Like most Brits, I have this quaint notion that a bathroom actually
>> has a bath in it   ;)
>
> So I'm guessing you don't have real estate ads listing houses with
> "2.5 baths" (the half is just a toilet and sink) like we do.
In most (newer) Australian houses/units the toilet is a separate room
usually next to the bathroom and/or laundry. It rarely has a sink in it.
Houses with toilets in the bathroom usually predate internal toilets,
although extensions sometimes change that --- at home, the downstairs
toilet is a room inside the downstairs bathroom because the kitchen was
extended at one point before we moved in.

I think most ads show a picture of a bath with a number next to it to
indicate the number of bathrooms --- the number of toilets will always
be equal to or greater than that, and the text description will say.

--
Tristan.

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