Do you say bathroom or restroom in public places

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So in public places I know the formal way is to say restroom but I say bathroom but I say restroom on here so what do you say bathroom or restroom

Both.

"restroom" is confined, for the most part, to the US. We also say "mens room" or "ladies room."

In Canada, people use the "washroom."

In the UK, it's the "toilet."

In most places around the world, it's the "WC" as well as their word for "toilet."

I say toilet. Restroom sounds weird but I'm not American and bathroom is strange as that is room that has a bath in it and public ones don't have them.

If I want to sound "formal," I say restroom.

In the US, the "bathroom" doesn't have to have a "bath" in it. It's become the place where one "does one's business."

When in the US I say "bathroom" as that's what I hear many Americans call it the most.

When in the UK, "toilet" (which I don't like but use anyway) or "loo". Loo, though a colloquialism, seems to be acceptable in most situations in the UK. I prefer saying loo.

You can't walk into a bar and ask for the "toilet." They'll give you funny looks.

I walked into a pub in the UK once, and asked for the "restroom." They looked at me like I had three heads.

Also: keep in mind that when the loo is occupied, it is "engaged" in the UK.

Loo, or lavatory, sounds elegant.

Occasionally, in an old-fashioned doctor's office in the US (known as a "surgery" in the UK), you'll see the bathroom marked "lavatory." I used to think it was the doctor's "laboratory" when I was a kid.

I'm a miltary brat so I say latrine!


Not really. Bathroom for a house, restroom for any place comercial.

Keep in mind that "performing one's toilet" means preparing one's self for the day upon waking up.

At least that's what it was called in English-speaking countries circa 1900.

In perfumes, you have what is called "eau de Toilette." The water doesn't come from the John (at least we hope not!)

In the UK we say "I need the toilet". Or we call it "toilets" instead of "restroom".

Why do Americans say "I need the bathroom" when there's generally no baths in public toilets?

The definition of bathroom, through either devolution or evolution, has broadened in America to mean any place where someone does his/her business.

To ask for the "toilet" in the US can be seen as being an insult. It would imply that the place is low-class.

I don't say anything unless I don't know where it is, because that's impolite. Why do people have to know where you're going?

Most of the time, people ask for the bathroom because they don't know where it is--or because they have to ask permission to use it.