[Sca-cooks] RE: Sca-cooks digest, Vol 1 #1111 - 16 msgs

[Decker, Terry D.]

A flat is an apartment on one floor of a building.  The term is used in the
U.S., primarily on the East Coast.  The word appears to be an altered form
of the Scots "flet" meaning the inner part of a house or floor.

Bear

> And I assume there's not just an extra 'L' in "flatmate". So why are
> they called "flats"? This is what Americans call "apartments", right?
> So, are they generally just one story? ie: as opposed to
> multi-floored,
> or perhaps "stacked"?
>
> Yes, two peoples divided by a common language. Or more if you throw
> in the Canadians and Aussies. :-)
>
> Stefan li Rous