[Wombat2u2004]

I know in Asia, if you gesture for someone to come, such as opening a door for a lady and extending your hand facing upwards and moving your fingers backwards, it is a rude gesture to them.
I found out that you must extend your hand downwards and move your fingers backwards.

 

[DLHM]

Gender specific TOILETS could be called PRICKS and PUSSIES....

I’m not too sure how gender specific that would be. I’ve heard of some males being called a “prick” and a “pussy”.

 

[Catherines]

While most, if not all, of us disagree with pronunciation by one race or another, because we have come from overseas or were brought up by parents who came from overseas we just deal with it.

My husband and I might disagree with ‘your way and my way’ of pronunciation but we do not go to the extent of criticising another to their face in their own country. For example, the common way here of pronouncing ‘cardamoM’ is ‘cardamoN’, as is the incorrect pronunciation of the word ‘anaesthetist’. It is not ‘ane-thist’ or ‘ane-the-tist’. There is another ‘s’ in that word and the correct pronunciation should be ‘an-es-the-tist ’. But each to his own.

We do not correct people to their faces and neither should this yank. She is just plain rude and, I’m sorry, but I will not go down the road of saying a yank should pronounce words the Australian way, just as she should not be asking us, or any other culture to pronounce words the Yankee way. If you visit another country, do as the saying goes - ‘when in Rome, do as the Romans do’. GET OVER IT, YANKEE. For whatever reason, you are here so you should not be criticising or ask us to do things your way.

 

[DLHM]

@MariaG has the right idea when she says,
“Storm in a teacup. Anything to get the face on social media. Absolute load of twaddle.”

Americans or anyone who goes on social media generally is craving attention, especially when they know what they say will offend people.

And as @wildroseforever says, “Does it really matter what one random young American woman thinks? she is a nobody”.

Yep, I go along with that too.

 

[Observer]

I doubt you will hear anywhere that "I need to defecate or urinate"
More than likely it would be... "Be right back. Need to go for a shit or a piss"

 

[Veggiepatch]

I doubt you will hear anywhere that "I need to defecate or urinate"
More than likely it would be... "Be right back. Need to go for a shit or a piss"

"Just going to give birth to a *insert nationality*"

That you don't like....

 

[Observer]

"Just going to give birth to a *insert nationality*"

That you don't like....

I used to say that I need to go sit down, think of someone I hate, then let it all happen or.... just going to the loo to get a load off of my mind

 

[Observer]

I used to say that I need to go sit down, think of someone I hate, then let it all happen or.... just going to the loo to get a load off of my mind

I forget how often someone has called me a shifferbrains

 

[7777]

The Australias common term for toilet, is the word toilet, and not bathroom. However, I believe even in Australia, when one is perhaps amongst the elite society, you may hear the word bathroom rather than toilet. It's almost as thought the elite fear saying the word toilet, in fear that the word will dirty their mouth for saying the word toilet. This woman clearly wanted her 5 minutes of fame, and sadly, she had to use the word toilet to get recognition on social media. Now that's definately a sign of desperation for "Hey look at me, look at me, it's not toilet, it's bathroom".

 

[GrannyJA!]

The Australias common term for toilet, is the word toilet, and not bathroom. However, I believe even in Australia, when one is perhaps amongst the elite society, you may hear the word bathroom rather than toilet. It's almost as thought the elite fear saying the word toilet, with fear that the word will dirty their mouth for saying the word toilet. This woman clearly wanted her 5 minutes of fame, and sadly, she had to use the word toilet to get recognition on social media. Now that's definately a sign of desperation for "Hey look at me, look at me, it's not toilet, it's bathroom".

Elite? In Australia?

 

[Observer]

The Australias common term for toilet, is the word toilet, and not bathroom. However, I believe even in Australia, when one is perhaps amongst the elite society, you may hear the word bathroom rather than toilet. It's almost as thought the elite fear saying the word toilet, with fear that the word will dirty their mouth for saying the word toilet. This woman clearly wanted her 5 minutes of fame, and sadly, she had to use the word toilet to get recognition on social media. Now that's definately a sign of desperation for "Hey look at me, look at me, it's not toilet, it's bathroom".

If memory serves correct, I believe its proper name is a 'water closet'.
That's where you get the term WC from on housing plans

 

[7777]

If memory serves correct, I believe its proper name is a 'water closet'.
That's where you get the term WC from on housing plans

Good evening dear member Observer, thankyou for your post. I agree with you. Actually you appear to be the only member who posted the proper name that comes from house plans. Thankyou for making this clarification. I guess everyone has their own way of specifying the word toilet. But to call it a bathroom, well thats exactly where one will be sent to, if they ask for the bathroom. They will get a bath tub and shower cubical, and that's when they will say, hey but where's the toilet.

 

[Observer]

Good evening dear member Observer, thankyou for your post. I agree with you. Actually you appear to be the only member who posted the proper name that comes from house plans. Thankyou for making this clarification. I guess everyone has their own way of specifying the word toilet. But to call it a bathroom, well thats exactly where one will be sent to, if they ask for the bathroom. They will get a bath tub and shower cubical, and that's when they will say, hey but where's the toilet.

A reality is that today, a lot of toilets ARE actually located in bathrooms.
So to me, it is neither here nor there.
Call it what you want, we all know what it means

 

[7777]

Elite? In Australia?

Good evening dear member GrannyJA, thankyou for your post. Yes the elite, those who drive a Porche, BMW or Ferrari, those who dine daily in the Hilton, those who go on annual holidays to Dubai, those who can afford to gamble in the Oaks room at the Casino, those who live in Pink, Blue, Yellow and Green multimillion dollar mansions on the Gold Coast and those who have inherited mega dollars and don't have to work but just live the life. Yes those elite, who reside here in Australia , who like to use the word bathroom and not toilet. But we rarely see these people, primarily because they like to keep to themselves, and sadly, keep their distance from common, honest and hard working people. Have a beautiful evening.

 

[Bullwinkle]

If you do not like the way we speak….please leave and go back to where you came from!!
You have had your 15 minutes of fame..goodbye!!!

 

[Veggiepatch]

You have had your 15 minutes of infamy..goodbye!!!

Corrected for accuracy.

 

[HelenB55]

My hubby calls the toilet “ the shi*ter.
Who am I to disagree?

 

[Judy ABowser]

Oh for heavens sake go stick your head down the long drop “dunny” and flush it you moronic American “Sheila”.

I agree

 

[Judy ABowser]

I usually call it the loo anything wrong with that

 

[ABCMacleod]

When in Rome, do as the Romans do.