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Re:Why Does a Plastic-Wrapped Turkey Sandwich Cost $15 at th... by gadders on Saturday April 15, 2023 @04:54PM (#35584426)
Toilets are what Brits call the room that America's call a bathroom. I guess at least that has the virtue of the room actually having toilets in it and not baths.
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Re:Why Does a Plastic-Wrapped Turkey Sandwich Cost $15 at th... by quietbritishjim on Saturday April 15, 2023 @05:23PM (#35584664)
I'm a Brit (as my handle suggests) and technically I agree with your comment but if I read you can't drink "the water in the toilets" it sounds pretty literal even to me.
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Re:Why Does a Plastic-Wrapped Turkey Sandwich Cost $15 at th... by ipaddr on Saturday April 15, 2023 @04:59PM (#35584475)
washroom is American but bathroom is Canadian
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Re:Why Does a Plastic-Wrapped Turkey Sandwich Cost $15 at th... by PebblesRox on Saturday April 15, 2023 @05:13PM (#35584575)
I've always heard and used bathroom as an American. Restroom is also used for public facilities that don't actually have bathtubs.
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Re:Why Does a Plastic-Wrapped Turkey Sandwich Cost $15 at th... by ipaddr on Saturday April 15, 2023 @09:52PM (#35586524)
It might break down like pop/soda. Are you from a pop or soda state?
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Re:Why Does a Plastic-Wrapped Turkey Sandwich Cost $15 at th... by PebblesRox on Monday April 17, 2023 @07:02AM (#35599098)
Yeah, it probably depends on the region.

My state is split down the middle and I'm in the soda half.

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Re:Why Does a Plastic-Wrapped Turkey Sandwich Cost $15 at th... by pxc on Saturday April 15, 2023 @05:17PM (#35584610)
'bathroom' is extremely common in the USA.
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Re:Why Does a Plastic-Wrapped Turkey Sandwich Cost $15 at th... by zeven7 on Saturday April 15, 2023 @10:46PM (#35586794)
Another lifelong American checking in with "bathroom". I've lived up and down the East coast, and "bathroom" would have been normal to hear anywhere, alongside "restroom". "Washroom" would be a very distant 3rd option.
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