On Mon, Jun 11, 2018 at 03:12:49PM +0100, Philip Barnes wrote: > > > On 10 June 2018 14:26:06 BST, ael <law_ence....@ntlworld.com> wrote: > >> 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 give you that, but note that pubs were originally in private homes :-) Completely agree that living room is the much preferred term, but lounge is well understood. But I don't want to get lost in philology of which I know little. Qualified use like Airport_lounge seems unexceptional. ael _______________________________________________ Tagging mailing list Tagging@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/tagging
