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93. Weird... or just different? (with James & Aaron)

Luke's ENGLISH Podcast - Learn British English with Luke Thompson

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Why Do We Have Two Separate Taps in the Bathroom?

In England, we often will have a hot tap and a cold tap in the bathroom. In France they don't like running water down the gutters of the streets. It just shows that here, for some reason, we want to conserve our water more. We use rainwater to flush the toilets. There's a system that collects rainwater and uses it toflush the toilets. The number of times I've heard people make comments about how in Britain they don't understand why we have separate taps is huge. If you go to hug an English person... They might feel really uncomfortable. You're supposed to mix it in a bowl, even if you're washing your face. Because it saves

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