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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread pension #118449 12/29/2003 1:45 PM Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 13,858 wwh Carpal Tunnel wwh Carpal Tunnel Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 13,858 "Frau Professor Erlin called her establishment a family and not a pension; but it would have required the subtlety of a metaphysician to find out exactly where the difference lay." Webster 1913 Definition 4 = a boarding house (French) Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: pension #118450 12/29/2003 6:20 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 small hotels in europe, (in 1970, when i went on 'Europe on $5 a day' tour) were called pensions (pen see owns). they often featured 'continental breakfasts' as part of the amenities one place i remember was on the 6th floor --a garret room really, in a walk up, but only 2 block from the Champs Elisa-- my other obsession Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter 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 Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Website Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary

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