On Tue Nov 25 2008 @ 3:27, Chas. Owens wrote: > On Tue, Nov 25, 2008 at 12:26, Rob Dixon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Chas. Owens wrote: > >> > >> I need to look up why they call apartments flats. > > > > 'Flat' came from old english 'flet', and that from old german 'flaz' and > > 'flezzi' meaning 'flat', 'level' and 'floor'. > > > > A flat is one level or floor of a building. > > > > Now tell me why you call flats apartments :) > > > > Rob > > > > It comes from the Latin word for separating, it refers to that fact > that it is one building separated into individual living areas.
To check and raise Rob, I think you need to add "Now tell me why you people call the trunk of a car a boot." Or did I misunderstand the rules of the game? -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://learn.perl.org/
