Living in an Apartment Complex!
The other day, we were discussing the various aspects of comparison between the life in an individual house and that in an apartment complex. The question of neighbours were being discussed when my friend was at pains to explain some of his experiences. What was discussed in not the matter of our interest here.
But the birth of new English words is!
In the case of an individual houses, we have three neighbours, the one on the left, the one on the right and the one on the back. They are all in the same level and can be called "neighbours". But in the case of an apartment house, one may have four such neighbours! The one on the left and the one on the right can be conventionally called, "neighbours". Can we call the one on the floor above as "Heighbours" and the one below, "Beighbours"?
RK Murthy
The other day, we were discussing the various aspects of comparison between the life in an individual house and that in an apartment complex. The question of neighbours were being discussed when my friend was at pains to explain some of his experiences. What was discussed in not the matter of our interest here.
But the birth of new English words is!
In the case of an individual houses, we have three neighbours, the one on the left, the one on the right and the one on the back. They are all in the same level and can be called "neighbours". But in the case of an apartment house, one may have four such neighbours! The one on the left and the one on the right can be conventionally called, "neighbours". Can we call the one on the floor above as "Heighbours" and the one below, "Beighbours"?
RK Murthy
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