Talk:House
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If this is a re-direct because house is the better word then house should be used on the mainpage. A mainpage category with a redirect is messy and unprofessional --BozMo|talk 16:00, 28 Jun 2004 (UTC)
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Image choice.
Is the image (Houses in Fishpool Street) a reasonably generic image of a house for most people? I live in Canada, and very few people in North America live in similar housing. In NA usage 'I'm going back to the house' could mean 'home', but 'a house' would usually mean a detached building with a yard. What's the usage for other english speakers? jericho4.0 17:53, 24 Oct 2004 (UTC)
- These would certainly be called houses in England, and it's a very common style there and elsewhere in Europe. Most are not as old as those in the picture though (the white house is probably medieval). Most likely there is room in the article for images of a few other styles. - Anon
Treehouse
Should mention "treehouse." --Daniel C. Boyer 20:08, 18 Nov 2004 (UTC)
Doghouse / kennel
Out of interest, what is the difference between a doghouse and a kennel? I'd say "kennel" for a little wooden shelter / house for the dog to sit in, is a doghouse something else? Could this be BE / AE? Saintswithin 21:11, 18 Nov 2004 (UTC)
- While a doghouse is restricted to this type of shelter, a kennel can also include a large complex, "indoors" in the sense of a building human staffers may enter too, housing a lot of dogs, and everything in between; while "doghouse" is restricted to the one-dog shelter, "kennel" just means any kind of structure specifically used or intended for the housing of one or more dogs. --Daniel C. Boyer 16:21, 19 Nov 2004 (UTC)
Home / House
Surely a lot could be said about the difference between a house and a home? The latter is merely a redirect here. Anyone wanting to take on the project? violet/riga (t) 23:42, 22 Feb 2005 (UTC)
Room listing minimum
This is certainly a Western point of view. Most of the world lives in small houses that do not have bathrooms or separate kitchens, or even separate bedrooms. One might quibble and call them "huts" or "cabins" but some are quite large. This section needs reworking, I think. Any suggestions on that? Deirdre 22:14, 20 May 2005 (UTC)
