that's some realtor math. they are known to magically inflate surface before you buy it, and shrink it back once you bought / rented it. Mathematicians can't explain that !
It's a way to conveniently talk about the number of bathrooms. You can say a house is "three bedroom, two and a half bath" and you convey that there are two bathrooms and one "washroom".
What gets confusing are these large homes, or McMansions that list 5 bedrooms and 7 and a half baths. So are they listing 3 powder rooms at 1.5 baths? I can’t afford them, so I only see it online; but that part gets weird. I have seen descriptions that then list full and partial though.
Technically if it doesn't have a bathtub or shower it is called a powder room. But that phrase is rarely used. (Mostly because 90% of the time when we say bathroom we mean toilet.)
Good news! Most of the world would find that extremely weird (as with calling a room with no baths a bathroom). I think it's due to the euphemism treadmill.
If you chop a bathtub in half and place the parts in different rooms, you can have two half baths. If you bring four such parts in the same room, you’ll get a double bath. Probably still not very good for actually bathing, because a half tubs don’t hold much water.
Clearly you've never half-bathed in gas station restrooms while hitchhiking cross country. Hint: it doesn't involve the toilet.
But I'm puzzled that a room with only one plumbing fixture is called a "quarter bath" regardless of whether that fixture is a sink, toilet or shower. Dat don't make no sense.
So is this a good time to bring up Hillary's email server? Cuz I thought merely using an improperly secured server was a super huge deal to conservatives, many of whom screamed treason and demanded prison for her. And I don't think any vital information was ever actually leaked through it.
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Thorry84@feddit.nl · 61 pts · 1y
On the other hand, if you say you are going to the bathroom, nobody expects you to take a shit in the bathtub
thefartographer@lemm.ee · 26 pts · 1y
Which is what makes it all that much more satisfying when the next person goes in
mp3@lemmy.ca · 35 pts · 1y
Never heard "half bath", and I always called those washrooms.
spankmonkey@lemmy.world · 29 pts · 1y
It is common in the US, frequently they will be listed as 2 & 1/2 baths if they have two with tubs and one without.
Haven't paid enough attention to know how they list multiple 1/2 baths but pretty sure they don't add up like regular fractions...
I always found the term 1/2 bath weird.
Nougat@fedia.io · 13 pts · 1y
And a room with a toilet, sink, and shower stall is a 3/4 bath.
spankmonkey@lemmy.world · 14 pts · 1y
Anything to avoid the metric system!
dohpaz42@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 1y
I’ve never heard of this before. I have what you describe as 3/4 bath, but it was listed as a full bath in MLS.
Nougat@fedia.io · 3 pts · 1y
If you put a bedpan and a washbasin in your closet, it's a 1/8 bath.
Nougat@fedia.io · 1 pts · 1y
A litter box and some hand sanitizer in a wheelbarrow is a 1/16 bath.
Nougat@fedia.io · 1 pts · 1y
Hole in the ground next to a pile of wet leaves? That's a 1/32 bath.
Rivalarrival@lemmy.today · 3 pts · 1y
I did real estate for 12 years and never came across the term "3/4 bath".
bitchkat@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 1y
It's been common knowledge since I bought my first house.
Ledivin@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 1y
They'd either list them separately or as a whole and then clarify. E.g. "two full- and two half-baths"or something like "four bathrooms - two full"
jewbacca117@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 1y
spankmonkey@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 1y
half a sink, half a toilet, half a shower.
kSPvhmTOlwvMd7Y7E@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 1y
that's some realtor math. they are known to magically inflate surface before you buy it, and shrink it back once you bought / rented it. Mathematicians can't explain that !
jol@discuss.tchncs.de · 13 pts · 1y
Whatever we call them, it's always some euphemism hiding the fact tha it's the pooping room.
miss_demeanour@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 4 pts · 1y
We call it the poop stick room.
thesohoriots@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 1y
Wafflestomp emporium
JackFrostNCola@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 1y
Commonly called called a 'powder room' in australia.
NielsBohron@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 1y
or "water closet" in the UK
possiblylinux127@lemmy.zip · 1 pts · 1y
Powder room is where you store amino.
Walk_blesseD@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 1 pts · 1y
Maybe it's a class difference thing but I've more commonly heard it referred to as "the shitter," "dunny," or "toilet."
sowitzer@lemm.ee · 1 pts · 1y
I’m in the US and powered room is used in places I’ve lived. But on real estate listings it is common to call it 1/2 bath.
FlexibleToast@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 1y
It's a way to conveniently talk about the number of bathrooms. You can say a house is "three bedroom, two and a half bath" and you convey that there are two bathrooms and one "washroom".
Steve@startrek.website · 5 pts · 1y
Or 5 powder rooms and zero bathtubs
FlexibleToast@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 1y
Sure, it could mean that, but I don't think any could person would go to that conclusion.
sowitzer@lemm.ee · 1 pts · 1y
What gets confusing are these large homes, or McMansions that list 5 bedrooms and 7 and a half baths. So are they listing 3 powder rooms at 1.5 baths? I can’t afford them, so I only see it online; but that part gets weird. I have seen descriptions that then list full and partial though.
CidVicious@sh.itjust.works · 1 pts · 1y
Real estate term.
Kolanaki@pawb.social · 32 pts · 1y
You can bathe half your body in the sink and the other half in the toilet.
psoul@lemmy.world · 7 pts · 1y
Cursed comment, but I’ll add on to it: If you plug the door slit with a towel the whole room becomes your tub.
possiblylinux127@lemmy.zip · 2 pts · 1y
And now I'm going to touch grass
Kolanaki@pawb.social · 1 pts · 1y
Don't forget to bathe after!
fmstrat@lemmy.nowsci.com · 1 pts · 1y
Bidet ftw.
kitnaht@lemmy.world · 15 pts · 1y
Bath doesn't refer to the tub, it refers to bathing. You can 'sink bathe' with a rag and running sink water.
So a half-bath, contains 1/2 of the common furnishings for bathing.
TomAwsm@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 1y
Yeah, a "full" bathroom with just a shower also has zero bathtubs.
samus12345@lemm.ee · 12 pts · 1y
The real weirdness originates from any room with a toilet being called a bathroom despite many not having bathtubs.
kevincox@lemmy.ml · 6 pts · 1y
Technically if it doesn't have a bathtub or shower it is called a powder room. But that phrase is rarely used. (Mostly because 90% of the time when we say bathroom we mean toilet.)
Etterra@discuss.online · 11 pts · 1y
You'd be amazed how much bathing some people manage to do with just a sink.
possiblylinux127@lemmy.zip · 3 pts · 1y
You've been to McDonald's I take it
despicable@lemmy.today · 2 pts · 1y
Probably around half?
Rhynoplaz@lemmy.world · 9 pts · 1y
At that point you're halfway to having a standard bathroom, so it makes sense to me.
blackn1ght@feddit.uk · 8 pts · 1y
We'd just call that room "the toilet"
Noel_Skum@sh.itjust.works · 7 pts · 1y
And in the UK a “cloakroom” is very rarely a place specifically to hang your cloak…
tiredofsametab@fedia.io · 6 pts · 1y
Good news! Most of the world would find that extremely weird (as with calling a room with no baths a bathroom). I think it's due to the euphemism treadmill.
TranquilTurbulence@lemmy.zip · 6 pts · 1y
If you chop a bathtub in half and place the parts in different rooms, you can have two half baths. If you bring four such parts in the same room, you’ll get a double bath. Probably still not very good for actually bathing, because a half tubs don’t hold much water.
Marty_TF@lemmy.zip · 6 pts · 1y
in german that room is just called "das klo" (the toilet)
SoGrumpy@lemmy.ml · 1 pts · 1y
*Klo
Marty_TF@lemmy.zip · 2 pts · 1y
thx, fixed the typo, dam phone keyboards being so small
lugal@sopuli.xyz · 5 pts · 1y
And if you had half a bathtub, you could as well have no bathtub at all
tiredofsametab@fedia.io · 6 pts · 1y
If it's fixed to a waterproof wall, it would work. Weird, but work.
SolidShake@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 1y
You're right. It should be called a 2/3 bath instead.
CrazyLikeGollum@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 1y
True, we should call it the "shit 'n rinse."
Dasus@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 1y
Excuse, where's the shitrinse located at?
Would you mind if I used your shitrinse?
Yeah I think it works.
possiblylinux127@lemmy.zip · 4 pts · 1y
It is half a bathroom
No you don't get to ask why a bathroom is called a bathroom. It is like questioning the origin of a hot dog.
CidVicious@sh.itjust.works · 1 pts · 1y
It's a euphemism. "Water closet" is another old fashioned word for a bathroom.
ThomasCrappersGhost@feddit.uk · 4 pts · 1y
We call it a trap, khazi, bog, privy, WC, toilet…don’t think I’ve heard “half bath”.
bradorsomething@ttrpg.network · 3 pts · 1y
By code a bathroom is a sink and any combination of a bidet, shower, tub, or toilet.
supersquirrel@sopuli.xyz · 3 pts · 1y
sailing by in my half-boat "YEAH that is just like.. your OPINION MAN!!"
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FlexibleToast@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 1y
You would have been fine if it was a Boston Whaler.
https://youtu.be/W7V-2_tyRAk
LovableSidekick@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 1y
Clearly you've never half-bathed in gas station restrooms while hitchhiking cross country. Hint: it doesn't involve the toilet.
But I'm puzzled that a room with only one plumbing fixture is called a "quarter bath" regardless of whether that fixture is a sink, toilet or shower. Dat don't make no sense.
gedaliyah@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 1y
Showerthought: You could technically have a three-bath house with zero showers or bathtubs, just six little sinks all over.
LovableSidekick@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 1y
So is this a good time to bring up Hillary's email server? Cuz I thought merely using an improperly secured server was a super huge deal to conservatives, many of whom screamed treason and demanded prison for her. And I don't think any vital information was ever actually leaked through it.