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Re: Ideoms (WAS: Going to the bathroom)
- To: lojban-list
- Subject: Re: Ideoms (WAS: Going to the bathroom)
- From: cowan (John Cowan)
- 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
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.
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