[OSM-talk] [RFC] shop = laundromat (self service clothes washing)

[Dave Stubbs]

On 14/12/2007, Edoardo Marascalchi <edoardo at edoardomarascalchi.it> wrote:
> Ulf Lamping ha scritto:
> >
> > I was discussing the term laundrettes vs. laundromat on the Irc a few
> > days ago - where laundromat was preferred. Maybe this is another UK vs.
> > US thing?
> >
> sad to say this is another UK vs. Rest of the World, because US way of
> naming is well know around the world where UK way is'nt.
> Landromat means something to me in a natural way, where laundrettes not.
>

We don't normally use trade marks. Laundromat used to be a trade
mark... although according to The Source of All Knowledge it has been
genericized [1]. So I suppose it's eligible... but its definitely not
the UK-english term, if we're still suggesting map features should be.

That page provides some other interesting alternatives...
self_service_laundry is one, even if a little long-winded.

Dave

[1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laundromat