Wikipedia is rather precise on the different meanings - see my earlier post
with links.

Volker



On 21 July 2014 10:42, SomeoneElse <[email protected]> wrote:

>  On 21/07/2014 00:51, Martin Koppenhoefer wrote:
>
>
>  ...  but looking into WP showed that in Britain the meaning "refers to
> the town or city residence of a member of the nobility
> <http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nobility> or gentry
> <http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gentry>, as opposed to their country seat"
> : http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Townhouse_(Great_Britain)
>
>
> Please don't trust wikipedia on British English usage; the word
> "townhouse" on its own with no context simply does not have that
> connotation to me.
>
> Cheers,
>
> Andy
>
>
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