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Old January 5th 11, 06:59 AM posted to uk.railway,misc.transport.urban-transit,uk.transport.london
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On Jan 5, 7:39*am, Neil Williams wrote:
On Tue, 4 Jan 2011 23:19:41 -0800 (PST), 1506
wrote:

http://www.wisegeek.com/what-is-a-half-bathroom.htm


...applies only in the US and possibly Canada. *Use that phrase in
the UK and people will just get confused.

If you prefer to use US terminology in a crosspost like this,
"restroom" will at least be understood internationally; in the UK a
"bathroom" always contains a bath, and indeed need not contain a WC.

Neil

One rarely has a problem asking the whereabouts of the bathroom in the
UK. And, had you refered to my link: John Lewis is hardly a North
American company.