From: garym@mcgath.com   
      
   On 12/22/23 11:37 AM, Paul Dormer wrote:   
      
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   > I plateaued fairly quickly on German and could not have a conversation in   
   > it.  My point was that there seems to be something of a stigma in the US   
   > of referring to a room with a toilet in it being called a toilet.  And as   
   > I said, it's not uncommon in the UK to have a room with just a toilet   
   > bowl in it.   
      
   When our German language group at the library had a change of location   
   for this week's meeting, I explained that the room we'd be in was   
   "hinter den Toiletten" (behind the toilets), then immediately realized   
   how that sounded even though it was accurate.   
      
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