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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 03-Dec-17 09:09 AM, Graeme
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<div class="gmail_quote">On 3 December 2017 at 04:58, marc
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In french, a "maisonette" is a small detached house or a
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shed.<br>
Did this word also exist in english <br>
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English has stolen many words from other languages. This may well be
one of them.<br>
My dictionary says "maisonette"; 1) small house 2) semi-detached
house 3) self contained flat over 2 floors<br>
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<div> Have heard the term in Australia but not for many
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<div>These days, it's apparently been replaced by "Granny
Flat", which is a similar concept of a self-contained flat
attached to a house, but with it's own entrance.</div>
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Granny flats can be attached (or semi-detached) or completely
separate from the main residence. <br>
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