I am going to defecate. - Would this be appropriate to Americans?

[Tan Elaine]

I think that you will find the Americans more prudish than the English as when asking for a piece of chicken they will not refer to the chicken breast as a breast, but as white meat.

I do not think that asking or telling another what one is doing in a toilet is normal. It is rather a private matter in any Country.

Where I live, it is OK to say what one is doing in the toilet. I believe, in China, it is also fine in their language.

 

[5jj]

Where I live, it is OK to say what one is doing in the toilet. I believe, in China, it is also fine in their language.

Fine, but we have now clearly established that most North American and British native speakers of English do not discuss this. I am sure that native speakers from Ireland, Australia and New Zealand don't either.

 

[SoothingDave]

I think that you will find the Americans more prudish than the English as when asking for a piece of chicken they will not refer to the chicken breast as a breast, but as white meat.

I do not think that asking or telling another what one is doing in a toilet is normal. It is rather a private matter in any Country.

Calling chicken breasts "breasts" is quite common.

 

[MikeNewYork]

I think that you will find the Americans more prudish than the English as when asking for a piece of chicken they will not refer to the chicken breast as a breast, but as white meat.

I do not think that asking or telling another what one is doing in a toilet is normal. It is rather a private matter in any Country.

In the US, there is no problem calling a chicken/turkey breast a breast. When people say white meat (breast and wing) or dark meat (thigh and leg) they are referring to the type of meat they prefer.