Beginner needs advice

MRAB python at mrabarnett.plus.com
Tue May 31 12:59:56 EDT 2011


On 31/05/2011 06:48, Ben Finney wrote:
> Dennis Lee Bieber<wlfraed at ix.netcom.com>  writes:
>
>> 	Well... He did say "find the bathroom", not ask for directions to
>> whatever euphemism is in current usage (water closet, W/C, loo ?)
>
> The room which contains the bath is the bathroom.
>
> Assuming that the toilet is in the same room as the bath is parochial.
>
> If he wants the toilet, “bathroom” is a euphemism, and he should instead
> ask for directions to the toilet.
>
"Toilet" is also a euphemism, as are "water closet", "WC", "loo", etc.



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