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Bingley #172815 01/23/08 04:57 AM
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I would say a red brick building to describe the building material. Redbrick is a new one to me. On the other hand if someone bought a brownstone I would assume they were moving to New York, not collecting overpriced rocks.

And I've often wondered why the other colleges didn't just plant ivy and put their prices up.

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Originally Posted By: Zed

And I've often wondered why the other colleges didn't just plant ivy and put their prices up.


We don' need no steenkeen excuses. You don' like our tuition you can go to a steenkeen community college.

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Originally Posted By: belMarduk
Funny eh, but I've never heard those expressions. The words red brick ..
While I never heard brick or redbrick in the meaning of these university matters.
This Delta here of sand, clay and peat has no natural stone. Building has first been of peat and wood, wood, then brick (baksteen)and wood, then brick and imported natural stone. Color of the bricks varies with the places where the clay was taken from.I'm not sure if now they add color to imitate the old varieties, or if they are still natural variations.

baksteen

(Faldage: steenkeen = stone keen)

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baksteen Hey--in your link, all the text is in Dutch! ;-)
As to imported natural stone, call Ireland--they've got way more than they need. [another wink e]

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