On 2 Sep 2009, at 00:17, Diana Wynne wrote:
[snip]
Only on an airline would you refer to "lavatories" and
"illuminating" the
seat belt sign rather than using more common words.
[snip]
That reminds me of some rather uncomfortable times I had as a first
time tourist in the US before I figured out that labels like "comfort
station", "rest area" and "rest stop" meant "toilet".
("comfort station" in particular was a _very_ close call :-)
Adrian
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