On 10 June 2018 14:26:06 BST, ael <law_ence....@ntlworld.com> wrote: >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. > Lounge is very much used in British English to describe the posh carpeted room in a pub.
I can remember when prices were higher in the lounge than they were in the bar. Usage of lounge in a house will depend where you are from, in my experience living room is more common along with sitting room. Phil (trigpoint) -- Sent from my Android device with K-9 Mail. Please excuse my brevity. _______________________________________________ Tagging mailing list Tagging@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/tagging
