| ??? 02/27/10 14:46 Read: times |
#173622 - We're separated by a common language. Responding to: ???'s previous message |
Steve M. Taylor said:
James Hinnant said:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bungalow
... In Britain and North America a bungalow today is a residential house, normally detached, which is either single story, or has a second story built into a sloping roof, usually with dormer windows ("one and a half stories"). ... In English-English, the second kind is called a Dormer-Bungalow. I haven't seen dormer-bungalows in the USA - you guys have the space for decent floorplan !! They exist here in the U.S, too, but have been expanded, so they really do have a substantial "upstairs" portion. And our reference on this side of the pond is the Oxford English Dictionary.
bungalow • noun a house with only one main storey. it's been said that we were two cultures separated by a common language... Steve RE |
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| Erm.... | 01/01/70 00:00 | |
| She sees blue | 01/01/70 00:00 | |
| Actually. | 01/01/70 00:00 | |
| bungalow | 01/01/70 00:00 | |
| English | 01/01/70 00:00 | |
| We're separated by a common language. | 01/01/70 00:00 | |
The point is... | 01/01/70 00:00 | |
| Derivation | 01/01/70 00:00 | |
| "Bung" (verb) : to casually throw. | 01/01/70 00:00 | |
| ibid | 01/01/70 00:00 | |
| ah ha | 01/01/70 00:00 |