On 13/01/2019 23:42, Warin wrote:
On 14/01/19 09:07, Graeme Fitzpatrick wrote:
Wow, so much for me naively thinking that caravan was a universal
word! Should know better by now :-)
On Sun, 13 Jan 2019 at 21:58, Paul Allen <[email protected]
<mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
However, there does appear to be a better term. From
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Motorhome
(the bold emphasis is mine):
Motorhomes are part of the much larger associated group of
*mobile homes* which includes
caravans, also known as tourers, and static caravans.
So mobile_home appears to cover it.
Not really, sorry
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mobile_home: "A *mobile home* (also
*trailer*, *trailer home*, *house trailer*, *static caravan*,
*residential caravan*) is a prefabricated
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prefabrication>structure, built in a
factory on a permanently attached chassis before being transported to
site (either by being towed or on a trailer). Used as permanent homes
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Home>, or for holiday or temporary
accommodation, they are left often permanently or semi-permanently in
one place"
It would cover those things that slide in and out of utility vehicles
and act as accommodation.
I think the 'mobile home' is an acceptable term to cover the lot. Why
is it unacceptable?
The emphasise on 'permanent' I think is wrong, but there is enough
vagueness to accept that 'mobile' means mobile.
Certainly in British English, 'mobile home' has a certain connotation
which makes it unsuitable as a catch-all term. It's virtually a
misnomer, since mobile homes, once sited, almost never move.
Caravan is better, as there is such a thing as a 'motor caravan'
(normally denoting the kind that is simply a conversion of a commercial
van design to provide temporary living accommodation while travelling,
like the classic VW models
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Volkswagen_Westfalia_Camper).
--
Steve
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