WC or water closet - a room provided with a water source, then applied to the actual apparatus. bathroom - a room with a bath in the whole world except North America where it now doesn't need a bath and is used as a euphemism so that Americans don't have to use another euphemism like toilet or lavatory. restroom/washroom - variations on bathroom

2011年8月8日 · We don't tend to use "restroom" in the UK, but, again, most people will understand you. Other euphemisms for toilet in the UK, that are used in polite society, include. Male toilets. Gents (as in gentlemen's) Mens; Little boys' room; Female toilets. Ladies; Little girls' room; Toilets. WC (water closet) and somethings I've only heard from my ...

2016年4月13日 · This site mentions an old school room signal that children would use to ask to go to the restroom (holding up 1 or 2 fingers). But then a post further down claims that is just an urban legend and explains why it is unlikely to be the origin.

2014年2月21日 · Although the 'Water Closet' was invented in Britain, and it is an English name, the initials WC are seldom seen in Britain, though remarkably they are often used in France. 'Lavatory' is the 'matter of fact' term that sanitary engineers would us if planning some of the public variety - 'public lavatories'.

“Washroom”, “restroom”, “bathroom”, “lavatory”, “toilet” or “toilet room” What is the British equivalent of the American 'washroom'? (Besides 'loo', of course, as it is informal.) I've found two definitions, with both saying that they are of American English as opposed to British English.

2018年7月14日 · When I have seen a women's lounge, it is usually a larger room outside a toilet/restroom with vanities and some seating for fixing makeup, waiting for the restroom to be available, etc. From the hallway you go into the lounge, then from the lounge into the restroom.

2011年9月7日 · The modern WC toilet was designed by the Englishman, Thomas Crapper. – WS2. Commented Dec 30, 2015 at 20:37

2014年12月5日 · From Wikipedia - "In North America and some other regions, it" (bathroom)" characteristically contains a toilet and a sink; hence in North American English the word "bathroom" is commonly used to mean any room containing a toilet, even a public toilet (although in the United States this is more commonly called a restroom)."

@J.R. There's an awful lot in the question for English language enthusiasts. The way "U/non-U" distinctions meant that upper class people preferred "toilet" (if referring to it at all was necessary) while middle-class people preferred "lavatory" or being euphemistic, along with different views as to what counted as "formal", and then how those distinctions changed over time, as just one …

2023年4月7日 · OED. Garderobe (n.). 2. A privy; a latrine. Now the most common sense, chiefly with reference to toilet facilities used in or preserved from the Middle Ages.