# How do other cultures say, "I have to go to the bathroom."?

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**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [April 23, 2016, 4:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-other-cultures-say-i-have-to-go-to-the-bathroom/752916 "2016-04-23T16:52:48Z")\
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**Author:** ![dizzee\_dee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/7c8e57/32.png) [@dizzee\_dee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dizzee_dee)\
**Post date:** [April 26, 2016, 11:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-other-cultures-say-i-have-to-go-to-the-bathroom/752916/41 "2016-04-26T11:26:09Z")

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> [@Giles](#):
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> When I lived in the US, I hated talking about going to the “bathroom” or “rest room”, because I didn’t want to bathe or rest. If I had to, I’d say, “Where’s the men’s room?”

Those are euphemisms, surely you know that. It’s more polite than saying “I need to take a shit.” In American homes, the bathing facilities are in the same room as the toilet. Asking for one, gets you the other. It is odd to our thinking to have those rooms be separate.

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**Author:** ![stui\_magpie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/stui_magpie/32/11010_2.png) [@stui\_magpie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/stui_magpie)\
**Post date:** [April 26, 2016, 11:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-other-cultures-say-i-have-to-go-to-the-bathroom/752916/42 "2016-04-26T11:47:45Z")

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Going to the dunny.

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