TOILET / UNITAZ

[Ajda Kljun]

I might have misunderstood your statement, but if you wanted to say that
Mexico's use of 'baño' (an exception, since in other Spanish-speaking
countries they say 'servicio') is a translation of the American term
'bathroom', you might be wrong - Italians use the word 'bagno'.

Just my two cents :)

ajda

2008/8/27 Alina Israeli <aisrael at american.edu>

> Somebody took pains to write an article on the subject: http://
> en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Restroom
>
> On the subject of "bathroom" I must add that this word has affected our
> neighbors: in Quebec one has to ask for "salle de bain" (which goes against
> my grain) and in Mexico for baño (not servicio).
>
> AI
>
> On Aug 26, 2008, at 12:32 PM, nataliek at UALBERTA.CA wrote:
>
>  Very quick addition to the discussion - in Canada it is washroom.  You do
>> not call it a bathroom.  Toilet is also rarely used.  It took me a while to
>> switch from bathroom to washroom when I moved from the US to Canada.
>>
>>
> Alina Israeli
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