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English term or phrase:

ambiguity?

English answer:

No.

    The asker opted for community grading. The question was closed on 2017-06-10 13:54:07 based on peer agreement (or, if there were too few peer comments, asker preference.)
Jun 7, 2017 12:32
6 yrs ago
English term

ambiguity?

English Other Tourism & Travel
the bathroom has the luxury of very spacious inside and outside showers -- the latter with water cascading...

the bathroom has an inside and an outside shower?
the bathroom is very spacious and has outside showers?

What do you understand by ...?
Many thanks in advance.
Responses
4 +8 No.
3 +1 not really, though seems to be here
4 No.
3 at least one shower inside and at least one shower outside
3 jacuzzi pool or jacuzzi hot spring
References
Seems to be in Africa
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Discussion

Jennifer Levey Jun 7, 2017:
@BD Finch "I suppose the indoor shower is for when it's raining outside"

Ha! - so you can take a shower when it's raining wthout getting wet?
B D Finch Jun 7, 2017:
No ambiguity Not necessarily on a beach.

https://www.houzz.fr/photos/550715/hawaii-residence-exotique...

I suppose the indoor shower is for when it's raining outside.
Lakasa Stnorden (asker) Jun 7, 2017:
What I don't understand is if there are two spacious showers (one inside and one outside) or more than two. Or if it is just saying that the inside is spacious and there are more than one outside showers.
BrigitteHilgner Jun 7, 2017:
I agree with writeaway Maybe it's on some beach - you can wash off the salt water/sand without going indoors
writeaway Jun 7, 2017:
Yes indoor and outdoor showers. The word "latter" refers back to the outdoor showers. Text is clear.

Responses

+8
55 mins
Selected

No.

It doesn't say spacious room, it says spacious showers. One is inside, and one is outside. If the showers are spacious, the bathroom must be too, but that's neither here nor there.
Peer comment(s):
agree magdadh : Agreed. Also, a quick image search resolves all these doubts.
2 mins
agree writeaway : the text is perfectly clear
21 mins
agree Yasutomo Kanazawa
1 hr
agree Tina Vonhof (X) : The sentence sounds fine as it is; the picture says it all.
2 hrs
agree Tony M
2 hrs
agree Rachel Fell : yes, no ambiguity in the text - the bathroom comprises an inside and an outside shower
9 hrs
agree acetran
10 hrs
agree AllegroTrans
1 day 9 hrs
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer. Comment: "thanks!!!"
54 mins

at least one shower inside and at least one shower outside

I don't think you can figure out the number from the text itself.

A picture search suggests one and a half inside:

https://www.google.co.uk/search?q=Azura Selous&client=opera&...

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Note added at 56 mins (2017-06-07 13:29:09 GMT)
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And another for the outside:

https://www.turquoiseholidays.co.uk/resize.ashx?f=AZURA-SELO...


I'd stick to ''shower area'' and you don't need to perform a showerheadcount then.

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Note added at 1 hr (2017-06-07 13:49:38 GMT)
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Direct link to the picture of the inside shower. One shower is visible in the photo, while my reference to one and a half was an unfunny attempt at a joke.

http://www.puredestinations.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2017/02...
Peer comment(s):
neutral philgoddard : I'm not sure what one and a half showers look like! //That's what I have in my house, but we still call it the shower in the singular. Your link is to a whole page of pictures.
3 mins
A (poor?) joke on the fact that the indoor shower has one stall but two showerheads available, one fixed and one using a flexible hand-held hose. As per pic linked.
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1 hr

jacuzzi pool or jacuzzi hot spring

Similar to some jacuzzi pools or hot spring sauna with jacuzzi at some fancy hotels
Reference:

http://https://www.google.ru/search?newwindow=1&rlz=1C9BKJA_en__731RU731&hl=en-GB&ei=jQk4WdejLeLB6QSN8bbgDA&q=jaccuzi&oq=jaccuzi&gs_l=mobile

Peer comment(s):
neutral AllegroTrans : evidence?
1 day 8 hrs
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+1
23 hrs

not really, though seems to be here

I would think that it is Asia (and not Africa), and that both showers are in the bathroom, one enclosed (like with glass shower walls/door), and the other with an unenclosed shower (a showerhead with water cascading, perhaps a rainfall showerhead)... a "Rainshower."
That's my take on it.
Peer comment(s):
agree acetran
1 day 2 hrs
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23 days

No.

It doesn't say spacious room, it says spacious showers. One is inside, and one is outside. If the showers are spacious, the bathroom must be too, but that's neither here nor there.
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Reference comments

4 mins
Reference:

Seems to be in Africa

Adjoining the bedroom is a stone-built dressing room, which can be curtained off, and has space for luggage and hanging clothes. This in turn leads to the bathroom, which has the luxury of very spacious inside and outside showers – the latter with water cascading over a piece of slate rock, like a waterfall. You’ll also find a flushing toilet and twin sinks with views out to the river, and a small mirror. Some toiletries, such as shampoo and body wash, are provided.
https://www.expertafrica.com/tanzania/selous-game-reserve/az...
Peer comments on this reference comment:
agree philgoddard : A game reserve with no animals!
39 mins
agree B D Finch : Some of us just shower to get clean, but a toilet with river views must be delightful.
44 mins
agree Tony M
8 hrs
agree Rachel Fell
10 hrs
agree Yvonne Gallagher
11 hrs
agree AllegroTrans : good find
1 day 10 hrs
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