Cohousing-L Mailing List: Re: Words I Wish We Used

[Lynn Nadeau / Maraiah (welcome]

I too find "common house" a term which is misleading to the uninitiated. It's 
not a house which multiple families live in, a la commune. It's not even a 
house. When referring to it, to visitors for example, I refer to it as our 
"community hall". That takes care of the common ownership, and "hall" makes 
people think of a meeting hall, a dining hall, a parish hall, a place for big 
events, a place more public than a private home. Which pretty much covers the 
territory. 

Maraiah Lynn Nadeau
RoseWind Cohousing, long-built, in Port Townsend WA
(where we are finally getting some rain)