In US English we tend to say "dorm hall" or "dorm building," which seems to be consistent with Steve's thoughts. Perhaps a less confusing way to mark this feature would be using the term "residence area" and "residence hall," but I don't know how much of an Americanism these terms are.
--- Jesse B. Crawford Student, Information Technology New Mexico Inst. of Mining & Tech https://jbcrawford.us || je...@jbcrawford.us https://cs.nmt.edu/~jcrawford || jcrawf...@cs.nmt.edu On 2014-07-14 12:39 PM, Steve Doerr wrote: > On 12/07/2014 15:25, Dudley Ibbett wrote: > >> Hi >> >> I was going to say that from a UK English perspective I have never seen >> dormitory used in this way. However, in the context of a dictionary >> definition the proposal seems to relate to the definition with regard to a >> suburb "A small town or suburb providing a residential area for those who >> work in a nearby city". It also appears that it would be used as a modifier. >> i.e. a dormitory suburb. >> >> I may have got this wrong but the proposal would seem to be extending this >> definition to mean a type of "suburb" of the University. UK Universities are >> rather small to have "dormitory suburbs" and you would generally just talk >> about the "halls of residence" or the perhaps the "residential" area of a >> campus. > > I'd go further and say that, for me (UK English speaker), a dormitory is a > room. A single building may well contain multiple dormitories. I'd call the > building in that case a 'dormitory block'. And also, a dormitory is a > communal facility containing two or more beds - otherwise it's just a bedroom. > > -- > Steve > > ------------------------- > > [2] > > This email is free from viruses and malware because avast! Antivirus [2] > protection is active. > > _______________________________________________ > Tagging mailing list > Tagging@openstreetmap.org > https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/tagging [1] Links: ------ [1] https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/tagging [2] http://www.avast.com/
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