tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28787909.post115136242676546121..comments2024-03-16T00:21:43.240+00:00Comments on Separated by a Common Language: dens and fortslynneguisthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10171345732985610861noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28787909.post-49684925518880693792007-04-20T04:58:00.000+01:002007-04-20T04:58:00.000+01:00In Australia, we would build a cubby or cubby hous...In Australia, we would build a <I>cubby</I> or <I>cubby house</I>. These terms could be used to describe either the structure build by children from cushions, table and blanket, sheets etc (in Australia we don't have much opportunity to build out of snow!); or for the more permanent "play house" structure built by adults.Altissimahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01367694104106778194noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28787909.post-76673728967185498012007-03-13T20:44:00.000+00:002007-03-13T20:44:00.000+00:00I always understood a den to mean the same thing a...I always understood a den to mean the same thing as a family room. A casual, informal room for activities including but not limited to TV. Not for entertaining guests.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28787909.post-1151409129861006252006-06-27T12:52:00.000+01:002006-06-27T12:52:00.000+01:00We do, but I think I can't think of anyone who act...We do, but I think I can't think of anyone who actually calls a room a <B>den</B> in real life these days. I think of it as being a 1960s kind of word--Darren in <I>Bewitched</I> always retired to his den. In these days of home-working, I think one's more likely to call it an <I>office</I> or a <I>study</I>. <BR/><BR/>In the 1970s when I was growing up, all of a sudden everyone started having <B>family rooms</B> where their dens used to be--or sometimes added onto the house or in a converted basement. The family room was usually organized around a TV, but would also include games (a pingpong table or pool table if you were lucky), shag carpets and furniture that you'd sink way down into. Oh, and wood panel(l)ing. Mustn't forget the wood panel(l)ing.lynneguisthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10171345732985610861noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28787909.post-1151402151105636012006-06-27T10:55:00.000+01:002006-06-27T10:55:00.000+01:00Don't you Americans use 'den' to mean a room in th...Don't you Americans use 'den' to mean a room in the house?Rebeccahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15114191808501237357noreply@blogger.com