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Cellar Scribblings
serious crayons:
--- Quote from: Front-Ranger on February 02, 2018, 12:39:13 pm ---And then there's the "garden level" which just means a basement that is not so far down and has windows that look out onto ground level.
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I think "garden level" is a euphemism for "basement." My then-husband lived in one of those when he moved to Chicago. It wasn't much, if any, higher than my actual basement, which has windows that look out at ground level. And it was on the same level as the laundry room.
--- Quote ---I now live in what's called a "walk-out basement": garden level on the east side, full length windows and doors on the south and west.
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That's the best kind. And big windows looking south and west are my favorite.
serious crayons:
--- Quote from: CellarDweller on February 02, 2018, 07:52:44 pm ---There are differences between cellars and basements, and technically my parents' home has a basement. We've always called it a cellar.
http://civilengineersforum.com/basement-cellar-difference/
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Thanks, Chuck! Who knew there was an architectural difference? I thought it was semantic, like pail and bucket, or soda and pop.
CellarDweller:
--- Quote from: ZK on February 03, 2018, 12:19:36 am ---I had to google to find out what a comforter was, funny we all speak English but some times we don't. I know I get myself in to trouble some times with my accent overseas, having to repeat myself and on occasion even having to spell - not that I have an accent of course LOL
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CellarDweller:
--- Quote from: serious crayons on February 03, 2018, 11:13:49 am ---Thanks, Chuck! Who knew there was an architectural difference? I thought it was semantic, like pail and bucket, or soda and pop.
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Oh, the soda/pop debate.
I went to a diner with friends down south, I asked for a soda. Waitress looked at me weird, and I said, "you know, Coke" and she said "Oh, you mean "pop"!" and I said..."No, I mean soda.", and she said "It's called "pop"."
I bet her $10.00 that it was soda. She accepted the bet and went back to the kitchen. She comes out with a Coke bottle, and she's laughing, she holds it out to me, and on the bottom it says "Soda Pop".
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I left her a big time for just having a good sense of humor.
brianr:
It's neither, it is a soft drink ;D
And let's not get started on leaving a tip. On trip Advisor we continually tell people not to tip when in Australia or New Zealand.
However on my sister's last visit to me, she asked for a "skinny flat white" and the barista told her she came from Australia. She had forgotten it is a "trim flat white" here. I just ask for a cappuccino, same everywhere.
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