Subj : Drawing room
To   : alexander koryagin
From : Dallas Hinton
Date : Wed Oct 04 2017 06:41:00

Hi alexander -- on Sep 29 2017 at 16:45, you wrote:

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

No, not really -- it's a place where the ladies could withdraw from the men
(who would often be smoking and drinking -- offensive to "ladies").
"Hermitage", for us at least, has connotations of an isolated (either
physically or spiritually) place where one or more go to retreat from society
and/or for spiritual exploration/evolution.


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

A "rest room" (or "restroom") is an American (i.e. USAian) term for a room with
 a toilet. In Canada we use the term "bathroom" to mean a room with a toilet
which may or may not include a bathtub and/or shower but always has a hand
washing basin.




Cheers... Dallas

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