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minus-squaredoingthestuff@lemy.lollinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·12 days agoI don’t really know what a flat is supposed to be. We speak different languages anymore.
minus-squareCalypsoGirl@lemmy.todaylinkfedilinkarrow-up0·11 days agoI always interpreted it as an apartment in a tall building. Each apartment is a small one-level unit.
minus-squaretiramichu@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up0·11 days agoYour comment is interestingly another example in itself of how we speak different languages. In British English you generally can’t use “anymore” with a positive sentence because “anymore” means something was the case, but is now not. “We don’t speak the same language anymore” - OK in BE “We speak different languages anymore” - Not OK in BE You’d have to instead say: “We speak different languages these days” - OK in BE
minus-squareNoel_Skum@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up0·11 days agoFlat = Apartment Flat derives from a (non-English?) word for floor or level - hence a round tyre (tire) without air in it can be “flat”. Flats were single story houses stacked on top of each other.
I don’t really know what a flat is supposed to be. We speak different languages anymore.
I always interpreted it as an apartment in a tall building. Each apartment is a small one-level unit.
Your comment is interestingly another example in itself of how we speak different languages.
In British English you generally can’t use “anymore” with a positive sentence because “anymore” means something was the case, but is now not.
“We don’t speak the same language anymore” - OK in BE
“We speak different languages anymore” - Not OK in BE
You’d have to instead say:
“We speak different languages these days” - OK in BE
Flat = Apartment
Flat derives from a (non-English?) word for floor or level - hence a round tyre (tire) without air in it can be “flat”. Flats were single story houses stacked on top of each other.