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

[Emilie Parker (emilie.v.parker]

I really like the connotation and the feel of "the main house".

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On Sun, Sep 6, 2015 at 6:40 PM, Lynn Nadeau / Maraiah <welcome [at] olympus.net>
wrote:

>
> 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)
>
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