Re: Phonetics
| From: | Mark J. Reed <markjreed@...> |
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| Date: | Wednesday, March 22, 2006, 22:48 |
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IML, the top of a room is only a "roof" if there's no ceiling. That
is, if you look up and are looking at the underside of the roof, with
nothing in between, then sure, call that a roof. This is most likely
in a barn or an unfinished room of a house. But if there is a
ceiling that is not just the underside of the roof, you have to call
it a "ceiling". And of course, the ceiling can never be the "roof" if
there's a floor above.
On 3/22/06, veritosproject@gmail.com <veritosproject@...> wrote:
> On 3/22/06, Joe <joe@...> wrote:
> > Well, in my ideolect at least, when discussing a house, the top of a
> > room can be either a roof or a ceiling, but the roof of the house is
> > always only a roof.
> >
>
> Because English is weird that way?
>
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Mark J. Reed <markjreed@...>