David Evans wrote:
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> You're right basically. The OED has "a dwelling house of small size and
> humble character, such as is occupied by farm-labourers, villagers,
> miners etc" as the primary definition, with no mention of stories. There
> is a secondary meaning equating to bungalow, but the OED says that is
> Australian.
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Here in the land of all that is good ;-) a cottage is one's holiday
home, usually within the reach for a weekend (but not necessarily).
Ontario has 'cottage country' which rougly defines a area that has lakes
etc and which has such properties. A cottage could be a tiny one room
shack or a log built mansion - it would still be one's 'cottage'. In BC
such buildings are usually referred to as one's 'cabin', again, size
is not important for the nomenclature.
Personally, I don't have either, although I was looking at a lakefront
property a couple of weeks ago. I feel rather inadequate without one
;-). My colleague has one that is 25 minutes drive from his house - and
is lakefront with no phone - so although close, it really is a great
bolt hole.
Another thought, where does all this fit in with 'cottaging'? Perhaps
Hotch who always seems to know about these things could help us?
Cheers all
Jel
Fedora Core 3 and v glad of it , having just spent a week trying to
clean up a freinds Dozer XP machine of half the Greek army and a bucket
of electronic RNA.
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