[Tagging] building=maisonette(s)
Warin
61sundowner at gmail.com
Sat Dec 2 22:21:27 UTC 2017
On 03-Dec-17 09:09 AM, Graeme Fitzpatrick wrote:
>
> On 3 December 2017 at 04:58, marc marc <marc_marc_irc at hotmail.com
> <mailto:marc_marc_irc at hotmail.com>> wrote:
>
>
> In french, a "maisonette" is a small detached house or a tiny
> house or a
> shed.
> Did this word also exist in english
>
English has stolen many words from other languages. This may well be one
of them.
My dictionary says "maisonette"; 1) small house 2) semi-detached house
3) self contained flat over 2 floors
>
> Have heard the term in Australia but not for many years.
>
> These days, it's apparently been replaced by "Granny Flat", which is a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.
>
Granny flats can be attached (or semi-detached) or completely separate
from the main residence.
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