Flats, not apartments

ApeXaviour

Talliesin wrote:

when the English where still living in part of what is now Denmark.

Sorry to go tangental, but you've piqued my curiosity. What part of Denmark? When was this? Any links/books?

Capt'n Midnight

Flat = if the corpo own it
Apartment = you are paying off the mortgague

ApeXaviour

Capt'n Midnight wrote:

Flat = if the corpo own it
Apartment = you are paying off the mortgague

Are you just stating blind opinion? I think if you'd read much of the thread you'd note that this clearly isn't the case. Just cos your momma said it doesn't make it right.

Capt'n Midnight

*makes note to send a large bag of irony to ApeXaviour, COD* :rolleyes:

ApeXaviour

Ugh. Please don't, irony and t'interweb (in fact anywhere you're writing it) generally don't mix so well.

miju

flats and apartments are the exact same thing IMHO. apartment is just a word that sounds better than a flat and so doesnt have the social stigma attached to it.

for the record i live in a flat / apt

Lirange

ApeXaviour wrote:

Sorry to go tangental, but you've piqued my curiosity. What part of Denmark? When was this? Any links/books?

He's probably talking about the Jutes and Angles migrating during the 5th and 6th Century BC who brought their language with them. The dark ages.

mastermind2005

miju wrote:

flats and apartments are the exact same thing IMHO. apartment is just a word that sounds better than a flat and so doesnt have the social stigma attached to it.

for the record i live in a flat / apt

I tought a flat was a sectioned off part of a lager single house...

and an appartment was a purpose built unit.. ?

Talliesin

Lirange wrote:

He's probably talking about the Jutes and Angles migrating during the 5th and 6th Century BC who brought their language with them. The dark ages.

Yep. England means "Land of the Angles" and they came from part of Jutland (named after their neighbours the Jutes) with a territory partly in what is now the north of Germany and the south of Denmark.

Their language is the source of English, though there were many other influences (particularly a massive injection of Norman influence in the mid 11th century). At the point at which it starts being called English (Old English) they had a word for dwelling place "flet" which later became "flat".

miju

nope mastermind take the ballymun flats for example, they were never used , built or sectioned off from houses. they're the exact same as apts just apts is more socially palatable