Here, town houses are often 2 or 3 bedroomed houses connected in a row 0f 3 or more in a 'terrace'. We also have rather a lot of semi-detached houses like mine, which are just 2 houses together.
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Here, town houses are often 2 or 3 bedroomed houses connected in a row 0f 3 or more in a 'terrace'. We also have rather a lot of semi-detached houses like mine, which are just 2 houses together.
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I've always hated the use of semi-detached. It's attached to another home or it isn't. However, typically townhouses are rather tall while semi-detached homes aren't.Originally Posted by sArA
We have all types of different attachments. In DC, we call them rowhouses. Same deal though.
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Last edited by Busyman™; 08-07-2006 at 11:44 PM.
en(un)lightened
I believe the term is (mis-)used to differentiate between domiciles sharing any common access or space (semi-detached), versus merely sharing a wall (detached).I've always hated the use of semi-detached. It's attached to another home or it isn't.
We have all types of different attachments. In DC, we call them rowhouses. Same deal though.
It would seem a more descriptive nomenclature could be invented.
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Rowhouses is a tad prosaic, don't you think.
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True dat. A townhouse can be semi-detached.I believe the term is (mis-)used to differentiate between domiciles sharing any common access or space (semi-detached), versus merely sharing a wall (detached).
It would seem a more descriptive nomenclature could be invented.
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A detached house does not share a wall, otherwise it is surely attached and therefore not de-tached.
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Sharing a wall is not detached. A detached house is one which is totally self contained and shares nothing with any other house.I believe the term is (mis-)used to differentiate between domiciles sharing any common access or space (semi-detached), versus merely sharing a wall (detached).
It would seem a more descriptive nomenclature could be invented.
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"there is nothing misogynistic about anything, stop trippin.
i type this way because im black and from nyc chill son "
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en(un)lightened
Yes, quite right; I forgot to re-catagorize and move my defs over one notch.Sharing a wall is not detached. A detached house is one which is totally self contained and shares nothing with any other house.
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