<div dir="ltr"><div>Wikipedia is rather precise on the different meanings - see my earlier post with links. <br><br></div>Volker<br><br></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On 21 July 2014 10:42, SomeoneElse <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:lists@mail.atownsend.org.uk" target="_blank">lists@mail.atownsend.org.uk</a>></span> wrote:<br>
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    <div>On 21/07/2014 00:51, Martin
      Koppenhoefer wrote:<br>
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      ... <span> but looking
        into WP showed that in Britain the meaning "</span><span style="background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0)">refers to the town or city residence of
        a member of the <a href="http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nobility" title="Nobility" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;vertical-align:baseline;background-image:none;text-decoration:none" target="_blank">nobility</a> or <a href="http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gentry" title="Gentry" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;vertical-align:baseline;background-image:none;text-decoration:none" target="_blank">gentry</a>, as opposed to their
        country seat"</span><span>: <a href="http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Townhouse_%28Great_Britain%29" target="_blank">http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Townhouse_(Great_Britain)</a></span></blockquote>
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    Please don't trust wikipedia on British English usage; the word
    "townhouse" on its own with no context simply does not have that
    connotation to me.<br>
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    Cheers,<br>
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    Andy<br>
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