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| 1e4e6 Octoglot Senior Member United Kingdom Joined 4110 days ago 1013 posts - 1588 votes  Speaks: English*, French, Spanish, Portuguese, Norwegian, Dutch, Swedish, Italian Studies: German, Danish, Russian, Catalan | Message 25 of 47 12 November 2013 at 8:52pm | IP Logged | ||
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Example of "washbasin" in accommodation offering:
http://www.ncl. ac.uk/accommodation/students/accommodation/henderson/ First sentence of the webpage shows it already. Edited by 1e4e6 on 12 November 2013 at 8:53pm 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| aodhanc Diglot Groupie Iceland Joined 6080 days ago 92 posts - 130 votes Speaks: English*, FrenchB2 Studies: Spanish | Message 26 of 47 12 November 2013 at 11:32pm | IP Logged | ||
Checking or chequing account as you call it is known as current account in Ireland / UK. Edited by aodhanc on 12 November 2013 at 11:32pm 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| languagenerd09 Triglot Senior Member United Kingdom youtube.com/user/Lan Joined 4920 days ago 174 posts - 267 votes Speaks: English*, Spanish, Portuguese Studies: Mandarin, Japanese, Thai | Message 27 of 47 13 November 2013 at 2:27am | IP Logged | ||
See, I find that strange because not once have I heard someone in my city say "washbasin" and that university is in my city centre. We (the 'commoners') call it "a sink" 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| 1e4e6 Octoglot Senior Member United Kingdom Joined 4110 days ago 1013 posts - 1588 votes Speaks: English*, French, Spanish, Portuguese, Norwegian, Dutch, Swedish, Italian Studies: German, Danish, Russian, Catalan | Message 28 of 47 13 November 2013 at 2:47am | IP Logged | ||
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More washbasin accommodations:
http://www.so uthampton.ac.uk/accommodation/halls/rooms/enhanced.html explained">http://www2.le.ac.uk/offices/accommodation/studen t-accommodation/your-room- types-explained http ://www.bath.ac.uk/study/ug/accommodation/types/campus/westwo od/index.html accommodation/types/">http://www.lancaster.ac.uk/study/accom modation/undergraduate- accommodation/types/ oxc/features/bedroom/">http://www.opalstudents.com/student- accommodation/manchester/oxford-court-oxc/features/bedroom/ I am a "commoner", and so have been basically everyone that I have known, but I remember one flatmate from Durham saying something like, "The washbasin is quite large," so perhaps it varies by region. Some relatives from Montréal visited recently, and also said that our washbasin was old. Edited by 1e4e6 on 13 November 2013 at 2:52am 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| espejismo Diglot Senior Member Russian Federation Joined 4871 days ago 498 posts - 905 votes Speaks: Russian*, English Studies: Spanish, Greek, Azerbaijani | Message 29 of 47 13 November 2013 at 8:11am | IP Logged | ||
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For me, this is a
"washbasin." Although I would probably just call it a "[plastic] basin" if it ever came up in a conversation. :) Or would you call this something else? I once asked at Home Depot where I could find "a basin to wash things in it," but nobody had any idea what I was talking about. Edited by espejismo on 13 November 2013 at 8:14am 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| 1e4e6 Octoglot Senior Member United Kingdom Joined 4110 days ago 1013 posts - 1588 votes Speaks: English*, French, Spanish, Portuguese, Norwegian, Dutch, Swedish, Italian Studies: German, Danish, Russian, Catalan | Message 30 of 47 13 November 2013 at 9:00am | IP Logged | ||
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http://s3.freefoto.com/images/1
7/19/17_19_13_web.jpg That is what a washbasin looks like in older buildings. This architecture annoys me, because I almost always require warm water, not pure cold nor pure hot. 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| Elexi Senior Member United Kingdom Joined 5385 days ago 938 posts - 1839 votes Speaks: English* Studies: French, German, Latin | Message 31 of 47 13 November 2013 at 10:20am | IP Logged | ||
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That is a picture of a sink. :-)
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| beano Diglot Senior Member United KingdomRegistered users can see my Skype Name Joined 4442 days ago 1049 posts - 2152 votes Speaks: English*, German Studies: Russian, Serbian, Hungarian | Message 32 of 47 13 November 2013 at 10:21am | IP Logged | ||
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In the plumbing trade, bathroom sinks are widely reffered to as washbasins or vanity basins.
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