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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Re: ensuite #78273 09/02/02 05:35 PM Joined: Sep 2000 Posts: 2,891 B belMarduk Carpal Tunnel belMarduk Carpal Tunnel B Joined: Sep 2000 Posts: 2,891 In Québec a master bedroom is the biggest bedroom in the house proper. A huge room in the basement would not count. En suite means "in the room" in French. Why the two words have been tacked together is beyond me. What makes it doubly wrong is that the word ensuite does exist but means something unrelated...ensuite denotes a certain succession of events...i.e., in addition to or following Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Entire Thread Subject Posted By Posted Illegal words WhitmanO'Neill 08/15/02 12:14 PM Re: Illegal words RhubarbCommando 08/15/02 12:33 PM Re: Illegal words Jackie 08/15/02 12:45 PM Re: Illegal words Faldage 08/15/02 01:17 PM Re: Illegal words RhubarbCommando 08/15/02 01:24 PM Re: Illegal words of troy 08/15/02 01:55 PM Re: Illegal words Wordwind 08/16/02 11:56 PM Accessibility FishonaBike 08/29/02 09:59 AM Re: Accessibility of troy 08/29/02 01:44 PM Re: Accessibility Jackie 08/30/02 03:59 PM Re: Accessibility of troy 08/30/02 05:03 PM Re: Accessibility Capital Kiwi 08/31/02 01:32 AM Re: Accessibility sjm 08/31/02 01:55 AM Re: Accessibility Faldage 08/31/02 11:38 AM Re: Accessibility Capital Kiwi 08/31/02 03:54 PM Re: Accessibility Faldage 09/02/02 12:16 PM Re: ensuite AnnaStrophic 09/02/02 01:08 PM Re: ensuite belMarduk 09/02/02 05:35 PM Re: ensuite Capital Kiwi 09/02/02 08:19 PM Re: Illegal words wwh 08/31/02 01:36 PM 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 Flat Mode Show Likes Link Copied to Clipboard View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary Forum Statistics Forums16 Topics13,913 Posts229,412 Members9,182 Most Online3,341 Dec 9th, 2011 Newest Members Ineffable, ddrinnan, TRIALNERRA, befuddledmind, KILL_YOUR_SUV 9,182 Registered Users Who's Online Now 0 members (), 953 guests, and 2 robots. Key: Admin, Global Mod, Mod Top Posters(30 Days) wofahulicodoc 37 A C Bowden 27 LukeJavan8 4 Top Posters wwh 13,858 Faldage 13,803 Jackie 11,613 wofahulicodoc 10,583 tsuwm 10,542 LukeJavan8 9,922 Buffalo Shrdlu 7,210 AnnaStrophic 6,511 Wordwind 6,296 of troy 5,400

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