> > > > Yep - the 0.5 bathroom of the USA is a 'cloak(room)' as far as estate
> > > > agents are concerned.
>
> > I have never heard of a half bathroom called a cloakroom, and I'm from the USA. O
>
> Yes, that would follow; check the quoted statement above again. "The
> 0.5 bathroom of the USA" = "what they call a 'half-bathroom' in the
> USA", which is apparently called a "cloak(room)" in the UK. Which is
> news to me as well. and I've now bought two houses in the US. :)
This is clearly an instance of me misunderstanding my native language. Differences
between US and UK English indeed!
My apologies.