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Dreamuse Posted 18 years ago
Vocabulary

'Male' can be used?

Dear friends,
I saw a board on which a word 'male' is used to indicate a men's room (public toilet). I wonder if it can be used like that? Thanks for your help.

Note, I saw the board in a non-English-speaking country.
  

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Yes, I don't see any reason why not. There are different ways to label bathroom doors: Male/Female Men/Women Gentlemen/Ladies I'm sure there are more..

— Catherine81

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  • There are different ways to label bathroom doors: Male/Female Men/Women Gentlemen/Ladies I'm sure there are more..
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Yes, I don't see any reason why not. There are different ways to label bathroom doors:

Male/Female
Men/Women
Gentlemen/Ladies

I'm sure there are more..
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It's not used that way in the U.S.

Men is the most common, followed by Gentlemen.
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Really? Never Male/Female?

..ok
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I posted at the same time as you, so I didn't mean to contradict you, but no, I have never seen "male" used outside a men's restroom.
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I don't think it's correctly used too. I believe that 'male' is usually used in ***, right?
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Well yes, male refers to men; the male of any species. But also it can refer to the pokey bit of an electrical plug e.g. headphone plugs have a 'male' jack which plugs into a corresponding 'female' hole... lol
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