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Better not take your American ears to the UK, Australia or New Zealand then - where 'en suite' is the entirely normal and everyday description for a bathroom linked by a door (or doorway) directly to a bedroom. How do Americans describe such a bathroom in a home?
It doesn't bother me when people from the UK, Australia, or New Zealand say it, because it's the common usage of the term there. I enjoy taking my American ears to such places by the way.
Americans USED to simply call such a bathroom "the master bath." Many still do, I guess. This "ensuite" thing didn't rear it's head here till HGTV came along.
I get it that language changes - it's just a word I personally think sounds pretentious.
Perusing the forums, and saw so many things, but here's one of the best, from the real estate forum:
"we are already doing that for local business's and their websites and advertisements . we have been doing that for a car restoration company who saw there sales and customers take a jump since the better photo's have been show casing their work."
This was in reference to the need for a higher standard of photography in real estate listings. It really saddens me that they may indeed be great photographers and do a good job of presenting the listing, but then their lack of grammatical skills just kills it for me. Guess you can't have everything.
Have you noticed when 'fall' and 'spring' are used for seasons they are capitalized a lot? (never 'summer' and 'winter') <scratches head>
e.g. I found a great Fall coat but I could wear it in winter too.
I suppose it has to do with fall and spring having additional meanings.
That's why I prefer to use the term "autumn", in order to eliminate any possible confusion.
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