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Originally Posted by Matt Q
Americans: do you call a women's public restroom it "the ladies" and if not, then what? Also, 'restroom' or 'bathroom'.
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The women's public restroom is called the "the ladies' room." We say both restroom and bathroom, except the former is a little more proper and appropriate to say in polite company or in a nice establishment (not that you can't get away easy enough saying "bathroom" though). At a nice restaurant, for instance, I would ask: where's the restroom? At a friend's house and in informal settings, not fine restaurants and the like, I might say where's the bathroom? Some might think this a fine distinction; though perhaps not a crucial point of etiquette, at least it does exist.