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minus-squaredoingthestuff@lemy.lollinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·2 days agoI don’t really know what a flat is supposed to be. We speak different languages anymore.
minus-squaretiramichu@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up6arrow-down1·2 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-squareCalypsoGirl@lemmy.todaylinkfedilinkarrow-up5·2 days agoI always interpreted it as an apartment in a tall building. Each apartment is a small one-level unit.
minus-squareNoel_Skum@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up2·2 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.
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
I always interpreted it as an apartment in a tall building. Each apartment is a small one-level unit.
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.