The John

Absolutely. Not only by British, NAm too.

Usually, though, it would not be capitalized.

What about those people who their name are John, Does this offend them?

No.

I wouldn't say that 'john' is one of the most common nicknames for the toilet here, you wouldn't hear it very often. I associate it more with the US, although I could be wrong. Mind you, we don't often call it the 'bathroom' over here either, unless it really is the room that also has a bath in it.

Thank you Nona

What is the common nickname for "Bathroom" that has no bath?

I would be quite surprised to hear "john" in ordinary BrE conversation. I mostly hear "toilet"; often "loo", though not so often from male speakers; occasionally "lavatory"; infrequently "dunny", "bog", "heads", "latrines", "khazi".

MrP

I don't really hear "the john" very often either (I think men tend to say it more than women) but I would know immediately what was meant.

Restroom is one of the more common words in the U.S. when referring to a public building.

If you are, for example, in a restaurant, you would say "Where are the restrooms, please?" You can also say "Where's the ladies' room?" or "Where's the

I always wondered what a 'half bath' was - I was imagining a really tiny bath, lol.

In the UK, if you need to find a publi

And a "three-quarter bath" contains toilet, sink and shower, but no tub.

Yes, John is the bathroom in English. I heard it several times. Even if it's a crude word, it has a crude meaning. Other ways to say "bathroom" are:

• loo


• wc


• ladies


• gents


• toilet


• lavatory


• dunny


• privy


• crapper


• bog


• khazi

In the USA the word "toilet"