On Sun, Jun 10, 2018 at 01:16:53PM +0100, Paul Allen wrote: > On Sun, Jun 10, 2018 at 12:40 PM, Yves <yve...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > I don't necessarily want to get rid of the word lounge, but an > > amenity=airport_lounge leaves very little doubt about what it is. > > > > Actually, it does leave doubt. > Waiting room, however, is EXACTLY what you want to describe. Hospitals and > doctors' surgeries have waiting rooms. > So do train stations and bus stations. > > I am firmly, solidly and unswervingly opposed to "lounge" for this proposal.
+1 In British English, a lounge first and foremost is a room in a private dwelling. Other uses have "leaked in" from other dialets and while now fairly well understood in a limited number of contexts, they are still unnatural. ael _______________________________________________ Tagging mailing list Tagging@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/tagging
