02-17-2017, 08:19 PM
I am very sorry to read about your pets as a child, Catherine. The poor budgie, the poor turtle....I just did a search for "weather in Manitoba".
In Europe, the "little room" is usually called "the toilet". WC is a more formal word, usually used by estate agents. In France, one says "les toilettes". In Germany, "die Toilette". In Russia, "Tualet"....etc. I have no idea why the Americans developed the word "bathroom" to mean something else. See http://www.funtrivia.com/askft/Question36577.html
This thread reminds me of the terrible case we discussed some while ago, with the video of a dog frantically wagging his tail when his former (non)-caretakers turned up at a dog refuge....and they said they didn't him him, but another dog. How cynical, how unfeeling is that?
In Europe, the "little room" is usually called "the toilet". WC is a more formal word, usually used by estate agents. In France, one says "les toilettes". In Germany, "die Toilette". In Russia, "Tualet"....etc. I have no idea why the Americans developed the word "bathroom" to mean something else. See http://www.funtrivia.com/askft/Question36577.html
This thread reminds me of the terrible case we discussed some while ago, with the video of a dog frantically wagging his tail when his former (non)-caretakers turned up at a dog refuge....and they said they didn't him him, but another dog. How cynical, how unfeeling is that?
