From cowan Mon Aug 5 12:44:03 1991 Return-Path: Message-Id: From: cowan (John Cowan) Subject: Re: Ideoms (WAS: Going to the bathroom) To: lojban-list Date: Mon, 5 Aug 91 12:43:32 EDT In-Reply-To: <9108010522.AA19094@pta.pyramid.com.au>; from "Major" at Aug 1, 91 3:22 pm X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.3 PL11] Status: RO la deiv. cusku di'e: > > While the American word "bathroom" may be a euphemism, there does > > not exist any more explicit word, and you simply have to accept > > that American English and Australian English are different languages > > in this respect. la meijr. cusku di'e: > Absolutely. I try to remember to say "bathroom" when I am in the > US, similarly I would try to use the German word if I was in Germany. Then there's always "Excuse me, sirm, can you direct me to the shittery?" zo'o. -- cowan@snark.thyrsus.com ...!uunet!cbmvax!snark!cowan e'osai ko sarji la lojban