RE: Communal vs Common, adj.
From: Eileen McCourt (emccourtmindspring.com)
Date: Thu, 10 May 2001 21:18:02 -0600 (MDT)
What's wrong with communes?

--eileen

Eileen McCourt
Oak Creek Commons
Cohousing in Paso Robles, CA
emccourt [at] mindspring.com
http://oakcreekcommons.org



-----Original Message-----
From: cohousing-l-admin [at] cohousing.org
[mailto:cohousing-l-admin [at] cohousing.org]On Behalf Of Joani Blank
Sent: Thursday, May 10, 2001 7:09 PM
To: cohousing-l [at] cohousing.org
Subject: [C-L]_Communal vs Common, adj.

At 12:01 PM 5/10/01 -0500, someone wrote:

>I can see why one objects to the use of the word "commune",
>since the word is employed to scare people (who by and large
>don't know a "commune" from a hole in the ground).
>But why object to the word "communal"? -

Because for some reason it evokes, "commune" way more than "common" or
"community" do. I can't say that this surprises me.

Joani


_______________________________________________
Cohousing-L mailing list
Cohousing-L [at] cohousing.org  Unsubscribe  and other info:
http://www.communityforum.net/mailman/listinfo/cohousing-l

_______________________________________________
Cohousing-L mailing list
Cohousing-L [at] cohousing.org  Unsubscribe  and other info:
http://www.communityforum.net/mailman/listinfo/cohousing-l

Results generated by Tiger Technologies Web hosting using MHonArc.