then why are they called "apart" ments???
2006-08-22 16:17:49 · 9 answers · asked by ShaMayMay 5 in Education & Reference ➔ Words & Wordplay
They were called "apartments" because they were rooms 'set apart' from each other by PARTITIONS.
Note that having two things set apart does not necessarily mean there is a significant DISTANCE between them (as in "FAR apart"), just that there is SOMETHING that divides or distinguishes them.
In an ordinary house you can generally get from one room or set of rooms to another very easily. If the building has one or more apartments, you cannot simply walk from one into another (and your neighbor is rather glad about that!)
2006-08-23 04:33:08 · answer #1 · answered by bruhaha 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
apartments is short for compartments apart from each other
so the building is split into different 'compartments'
but they are distinctively 'apart' from each other, not connected
so they are called 'apartments' :)
2006-08-22 16:22:08 · answer #2 · answered by Nikoru 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
because they were traditionally located in the inner city. "apart" from the surrounding rural area.
2006-08-22 16:21:46 · answer #3 · answered by Bistro 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
they were first drafted to apart from each other.
then when it came time to build them it cost too much,
so they jammed them together
even though the were "apart Meant"
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get it !
2006-08-22 16:26:01 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋
apart means separated not necessarily far.
2006-08-22 16:23:28 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Wow, way to not cite the comedian Gallagher...
2006-08-22 16:23:33 · answer #6 · answered by afbb12 2 · 0⤊ 2⤋
good question!
2006-08-23 13:45:34 · answer #7 · answered by robyn 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
have no idea
2006-08-22 16:24:21 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋
they can be so crool
2006-08-22 16:30:18 · answer #9 · answered by dale 5 · 0⤊ 2⤋