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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Page 2 of 2 1 2 Re: stoop #103002 05/14/03 01:18 PM Joined: Oct 2000 Posts: 5,400 rego park of troy Carpal Tunnel of troy Carpal Tunnel Joined: Oct 2000 Posts: 5,400 rego park Re:Apparently in "old" Newfoundland it was common to have a couch in the kitchen and do all your visiting in there Not just in Newfoundland.. most colleges have 'common rooms' that are lounge and eating rooms.. similar to the common room of my nana's house -- her good parlor was the back parlor (it got more sun, and overlooked a garden, not a common alleyway.) fancy front parlors were still maintained in my childhood-- and still exist (ethnically) today. many, many italians (cousins, friends, etc) have a formal living room, and a second, room "family room" in the basement-- with a second kitchen.. and getting invited into the living room is a rare treat.. one of my mothers cousins was married to italian, and had such a formal room- it annoyed my mother no end that she was not invited into it, but was greeted at the door, shown the room, and invited to the basement! (they must have 'opened' it by the time i was a teen, since i remember being in the basement room, and playing rock'n roll with out any parental complaints..) and another dutch place name.. New Dorp-- a neighborhood in Brooklyn..(and i for got Harlem, named for a city in Holland-- (yes, the state of Holland, in the country of the Netherlands..) Flatbush too, i think is dutch (bush as in bushlands, or flat dry expanses..) my other obsession Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: stoop #103003 05/14/03 02:14 PM Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 13,858 W wwh OP Carpal Tunnel OP wwh Carpal Tunnel W Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 13,858 When I was a boy, the whole family congregated in the kitchen, much to my mother's annoyance because be got in her way when she was cooking. I have since realized that even though the house had central heating, there was no provision for moistening air, and the living room just was not as comfortable as the kitchen, where there was always a teakettle or something else steaming on the stove. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Page 2 of 2 1 2 Moderated by  Jackie  Hop To General Topics ------  Information and announcements  Q&A about words  Wordplay and fun  Words and languages in schools  Miscellany  Weekly Themes  Looking for (writers, speakers,... (Old) Weekly themes. (have been... ------  Words from medicine  Beheading words  Meta-words  Words from classical mythology  Animal Safari  Words with unusual etymologies  Eponyms or words derived from p...  Loanwords from German  English as a global language Print Thread Switch to Threaded Mode Show Likes Link Copied to Clipboard View Profile Private Message Website Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary Forum Statistics Forums16 Topics13,915 Posts229,994 Members9,198 Most Online3,341 Dec 9th, 2011 Newest Members testawad, Bill_L, achz, MAGNVSTALSMA, Burlyfish 9,198 Registered Users Who's Online Now 0 members (), 969 guests, and 2 robots. Key: Admin, Global Mod, Mod Top Posters(30 Days) wofahulicodoc 27 A C Bowden 15 LukeJavan8 5 Top Posters wwh 13,858 Faldage 13,803 Jackie 11,613 wofahulicodoc 10,957 tsuwm 10,542 LukeJavan8 9,955 Buffalo Shrdlu 7,210 AnnaStrophic 6,511 Wordwind 6,296 of troy 5,400

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