[Tagging] Feature Proposal - RFC - Lounges

[ael]

On Mon, Jun 11, 2018 at 03:12:49PM +0100, Philip Barnes wrote:
> 
> 
> On 10 June 2018 14:26:06 BST, ael <law_ence.dev at ntlworld.com> wrote:
> >> I am firmly, solidly and unswervingly opposed to "lounge" for this
> >proposal.
> >
> >+1
> >
> >In British English, a lounge first and foremost is a room in a private
> >dwelling. Other uses have "leaked in" from other dialets and while now
> >fairly well understood in a limited number of contexts, they are still
> >unnatural.
> >
> Lounge is very much used in British English to describe the posh carpeted room in a pub. 

I give you that, but note that pubs were originally in private homes :-)

Completely agree that living room is the much preferred term, but lounge
is well understood. 

But I don't want to get lost in philology of which I know little. 
Qualified use like Airport_lounge seems unexceptional.

ael