> [mailto:CONLANG@listserv.brown.edu] On Behalf Of Tristan McLeay
> 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've been to Australia so I'm familar with the separation of the toilet from the
bath. I actually kind of like the arrangement except for having to go into
another room to wash up after using the toilet.