There is, I assure you a reason for this.

[redfiona99]

[Poll #846064]

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[angstbunny.livejournal.com]

The form cut me off, and mine is a bit of a long answer:

Washroom if it's a public facility (ie: in a mall), bathroom if it's private (ie: my own house or somebody's private residence), but I have a tendency to mix the two up anyway. I'm from BC, Canada.

[redfiona99.livejournal.com]

Thanks. And I'm intrigued by the difference between public and private. Although it does add to the hypothesis that I'm testing.

[biorhythm.livejournal.com]

I think most people in the united states refer to a personal or home WC as just "the bathroom." Public are either "the restroom" or "the ladies/men's room"

[redfiona99.livejournal.com]

I strongly suspected it as this was indeed the hypothesis I was trying to test for reasons that I shall post. I just now need some more Britglish speakers to answer for the other half of the hypothesis.

[fileg.livejournal.com]

Bathroom in public. (I'm east coast usa)

At home, we refer to "going to Marineland" and the bedroom bath as "Marineland of the Pacific." I know this started on on of those long ago weekends when we had a housefull of company, but I no longer remember why....

[redfiona99.livejournal.com]

Merci.

I'm amused by the idea of going to Marineland :)

[lossi.livejournal.com]

The loo or bathroom in politer company :)

[redfiona99.livejournal.com]

That intrigues me, because we were taught not to ever, eeeever use loo in polite company.

[lossi.livejournal.com]

Sorry, that was badly worded :) Loo is for non-polite, bathroom is for polite.