Cohousing-L Mailing List: 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

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Communal vs Common, adj.	<– Date –> <– Thread –>
From: Joani Blank (joaniswansway.com)
Date: Thu, 10 May 2001 20:07:01 -0600 (MDT)