A bidet in the bathroom?
This morning I watched a video made by a girl who arrived in France a few month ago. She was born and grew up in New Zealand . In that video, she talks about cultural differences between her native country and France. One of the most funny and interesting topic she approaches is about a device you hardly ever find nowadays in bathrooms in France, it is called a bidet . She explains that she first saw a bidet in her boyfriend's father's house in south of France; she absolutely did not know what it was for, then she explains that people told her that it was used to wash your intimate parts !....
I must say that I saw one once in my mother in law's bathroom, and I thought that it was used to wash your feet at the time that people did not have a shower at home. More recently, I went to Venice, in Italy; there was a bidet in the bathroom. I must say that I wondered why they had installed that device in the bathroom, just near the shower, but this morning I have read in the commentaries under the video that there is a bidet in most of italian bathroom...
Do you have a bidet at home ?
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A bidet in the bathroom?
This morning I watched a video made by a girl who arrived in France a few month ago. She was born and grew up in New Zealand . In thatthe video, she talks about cultural differences between her native country and France. One of the most funny funniest and most interesting topic she approachesdiscusses [you can "approach" a subject, but this usage is nuanced - an expert might "approach" a difficult subject in a lecture to an inexperienced crowd.] is about a device you hardly ever ["hardly ever" is pretty informal/colloquial. "Rarely" would be more formal] find nowadays ["nowadays" is also informal/colloquial. You could use "any more" if you wanted to be more formal] in bathrooms in France, it is called a: the bidet [you had two complete sentences separated by a comma, which is a grammatical error known as a "comma splice". You can use a colon here.]. She explains that she first saw a bidet in her boyfriend's father's house in south of France [good use of possessives]; she [absolutely did not know] [this seems to be grammatically correct, but isn't typical usage. I'd suggest "had no idea"] what it was for, then she explains that people told her that it was used to wash your intimate parts !....I must say that I saw one once in my mother in law's bathroom, and I thought that it was used to wash your feet [at the time that people did not have a shower at home] [the meaning of this clause is clear - that you thought bidets generally were installed before people had showers in their home. However, the way you've written it, it reads as if "the time that people did not have a shower at home" is the time when bidets are used to wash feet. I'd suggest using a separate dependent clause reading ", and was from the time that people did not have a shower at home]. More recently, I went to Venice, in Italy[; ] [I'd use "and" here instead of a semi-colon. Semi-colons are hard to use properly, and it's uncommon to see them used. I'd suggest just avoiding them entirely] there was a bidet in the bathroom. I must say that I wondered why they had installed that device in the bathroom, just near the shower, but this morning I have read in learned from the commentaries comments under the video that there is a bidet in most of italian bathroom...
Do you have a bidet at home ?
Funny story. I've given you a lot of stylistic comments to help you write like a native - what you wrote was clear and largely correct. Hope this is helpful.
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A bidet in the bathroom?
This morning I watched a video that wasmade by a girl who arrived in France a few month ago. She was born and grew up in New Zealand . InI must say that I once saw one
Do you have a bidet at home ?
Serge, that's certainly an unusual subject to be writing about. In Ireland we would casually say that it is for washing "your bits":)
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Hi Serge, well written text! Green highlights are stylistic suggestions. Only one correction in yellow.
This morning I watched a video made by a girl who arrived in France a few month ago. She was born and grew up in New Zealand . In that/the video, she talks about cultural differences between her native country and France. One of the most funniest and most interesting topics she approaches is about a device you hardly ever find nowadays in bathrooms in France. , i It is called a bidet . She explains that she first saw a bidet in her boyfriend's father's house in the south of France; she absolutely did not know what it was for, then she explains that people told her that it was used to wash your intimate parts !....I must say that I once saw one once in my mother in law's bathroom, and I thought that it was used to wash your feet at the time that people did not have a shower at home. More recently, I went to Venice, in Italy; there was a bidet in the bathroom. I must say that I wondered why they had installed that device in the bathroom, just near the shower, but this morning I have read in the comments aries under the video that there is a bidet in most of italian bathroom...
Do you have a bidet at home ?
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Serge,
Thank you for more info. I am familiar with water as in Thailand.
I am not sure if in Europe or elsewhere using hose in the bath for cleaning?
I do not know what call in English. In Thailand is the must-have.
However, I do not have any in USA 's home as my husband does not like to have.
According to Japanese, I only knew that their toilet so fancy with many buttons. ^_^
I have never been to other countries besides Thailand and the USA. Japan was the transit
when travel.
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Hi Oath; Thanks for your comment. I am happy to read that my article is the first you read on italki. As apparently you do not know a lot about the " bidet", let me explain you the little I know about it. i think that in the past, and still now in some countries like Italy or Japan, bidets were /are mainly used by womenfor three or four days per month ; Other people use them instead of toilet paper. Now , in France you can find a shower in most bathrooms, so bidets have become very rare.
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