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Originally posted by Zero
my biggest linguistic adjustment after moving back to the US was to quit saying "toilet" (i.e., "I have to go to the toilet" or "where is your toilet?") - in the US the word "toilet" is taboo and one must say "rest room" - I still find myself slipping and saying "I've got to go to TOILET!"
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well, in the North of England and Midlands where i was born we say 'bog'!
in London one ''goes for a pony'' (pony and trap-crap):p