a possibly minority position

Sun Mar 30 20:23:35 UTC 2008

Tualet in Russian was borrowed from French and it means 1. a garment,  
usually a fancy ensemble; 2. taking care of one's appearance  
(zanimat'sja svoim tualetom); 3. a table with a mirror; 4. (finally  
the euphemistic) bathroom.

The English toilet would be translated as unitaz.

Ubornaja, BTW is also a euphemism, as can be deduced from the fact  
that the same word is used for designating a room where actors change  
their costumes and put make up. And ubor also means 'attire'. So it  
is along the same idea as 'powder room'.

Can't read the last word.

On Mar 30, 2008, at 1:42 PM, Dustin Hosseini wrote:
> (Gde tualet? / A gde u vas tualet? if that didn't come
> through)... but, at least in the US, people rarely say 'Where is the
> toilet?' but rather 'Where is the restroom?'
>
> But a friend of mine raised a question: what about the word  
> "у&#1073;орная"?
>

Alina Israeli
LFS, American University
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Washington DC. 20016
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