Subj : Drawing room
To   : Dallas Hinton
From : alexander koryagin
Date : Fri Sep 29 2017 16:45:12

Hi, Dallas Hinton!
I read your message from  28.09.2017 04:18
about Drawing room.

 ak>> What do the Englishmen draw in drawing rooms? Why do you call it
 ak>> "drawing room"? ;-)

 DH> It's a shortened form of "withdrawing" room -- as in, withdrawn from the
 DH> company of the opposite sex.

A room to have a rest, in short. Another word is probably "hermitage." So, when 
you are in St. Petersburg, Russia, you can see the Hermitage or the Russian 
Tzars' (with)drawing room. ;)

In modern day, especially if you are married with children, it is a rest room. 
;)

Bye, Dallas!
Alexander Koryagin
ENGLISH_TUTOR 2017

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