Re: [YAEUT] Lexical variation survey

> [mailto:CONLANG@listserv.brown.edu] On Behalf Of JR
> Bathroom is more natural, but restroom seems more "proper"  the
more public
> and less personal the setting, and so, in such a setting I'd  be
more likely
> to say restroom if asking a stranger for its location - though I
might
> revert to bathroom if referring to it later, in more at-ease
conversation.

Never liked "restroom" much because it's not really a place where I
go to rest, as opposed to a "rest area" on the side of the road.

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