Re: an announcement...
| From: | Barry Garcia <barry_garcia@...> |
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| Date: | Monday, September 27, 1999, 17:46 |
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dennis@himes.connix.com writes:
> Keep in mind that that's British English. Most Americans would have no
>idea what you mean by "flatmate", as "flat" is never used in that sense
>over
>here. Your original term, "housemate", would work fine, although I would
>lose the hyphen.
Americans who haven't heard British English would say "flat mate? why
would your mate be flat?". The only useage I have heard for a housemate is
roomate, even though they don't share rooms :). I like 'housemate'
personally.