[Tagging] Future proposal - RFC - amenity=dormitory

[Steve Doerr]

On 12/07/2014 15:25, Dudley Ibbett wrote:
> Hi
>
> I was going to say that from a UK English perspective I have never 
> seen dormitory used in this way.  However, in the context of a 
> dictionary definition the proposal seems to relate to the definition 
> with regard to a suburb  "A small town or suburb providing a 
> residential area for those who work in a nearby city". It also appears 
> that it would be used as a modifier.  i.e. a dormitory suburb.
>
> I may have got this wrong but the proposal would seem to be extending 
> this definition to mean a type of "suburb" of the University.   UK 
> Universities are rather small to have "dormitory suburbs" and you 
> would generally just talk about the "halls of residence" or the 
> perhaps the "residential" area of a campus.
>

I'd go further and say that, for me (UK English speaker), a dormitory is 
a room. A single building may well contain multiple dormitories. I'd 
call the building in that case a 'dormitory block'. And also, a 
dormitory is a communal facility containing two or more beds - otherwise 
it's just a bedroom.

-- 
Steve


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