[Tagging] Future proposal - RFC - amenity=dormitory

[Jesse B. Crawford]

In US English we tend to say "dorm hall" or "dorm building," which seems
to be consistent with Steve's thoughts. Perhaps a less confusing way to
mark this feature would be using the term "residence area" and
"residence hall," but I don't know how much of an Americanism these
terms are. 

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Jesse B. Crawford
Student, Information Technology
New Mexico Inst. of Mining & Tech

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On 2014-07-14 12:39 PM, Steve Doerr wrote: 

> On 12/07/2014 15:25, Dudley Ibbett wrote:
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>> Hi
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>> 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. 
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>> 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.
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> 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.
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