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Re: Brit. Eng. for 'rooming-house'? albasani.net
Frederick Williams (frederick.williams2@tesco.net) 2009/02/08 05:06

Egbert White wrote:
>
>  On Sat, 07 Feb 2009 14:38:56 +0000, Frederick Williams
> <frederick.williams2@tesco.net> wrote:
>
> >According to the Shorter 'rooming-house' is North American and
> >Australian.  Does it have a British equivalent?
>
> 'Boarding house' or 'lodging house.'  See
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boarding_house , which starts with the
> words 'A boarding house, also known as a "rooming house" (mainly in
> the United States) or a "lodging house",'

Thank you.

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