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Dennis Lee Bieber <wlfraed@ix.netcom.com> writes:

> 	Well... He did say "find the bathroom", not ask for directions to
> whatever euphemism is in current usage (water closet, W/C, loo ?)

The room which contains the bath is the bathroom.

Assuming that the toilet is in the same room as the bath is parochial.

If he wants the toilet, “bathroom” is a euphemism, and he should instead
ask for directions to the toilet.

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Ben Finney