06-14-2012, 11:51 AM | #1 |
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What do you call this?
http://i48.tinypic.com/29atw1z.jpg
It's the arch-shaped hole between 2 adjacent terraced houses that leads into the back gardens. It's private property (shared by the 2 houses), so alleyway or ginnel doesn't seem to fit. |
06-14-2012, 12:10 PM | #2 |
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"Passageway" would be one usable term, at least in American English. Whether or not it's used in the UK, I couldn't say.
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06-14-2012, 12:11 PM | #3 |
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Portal to Hell?
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06-14-2012, 12:13 PM | #4 |
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Covered walkway?
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06-14-2012, 12:18 PM | #5 |
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We call it a jitty, but I think that must be a Yorkshire term because nobody else on the internet seems to know what I'm going on about.
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06-14-2012, 01:11 PM | #6 |
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Passage, path, alley, walkway... either of them, with the word "private" just before it if that's an important distinction to make.
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06-14-2012, 01:17 PM | #7 |
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I like passage.
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06-14-2012, 05:03 PM | #8 |
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Passage works for me, too.
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06-14-2012, 06:42 PM | #9 |
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A good place to get mugged?
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06-14-2012, 06:50 PM | #10 |
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06-14-2012, 06:54 PM | #11 |
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Passage or passageway is what I would call it. I recall that my Nan had one at the rear of her house that was always referred to as the back passage (honest!).
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06-15-2012, 04:42 AM | #12 |
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See, for questions like this, I'd try http://forums.digitalspy.co.uk/ for no other reason than it's a huge forum with very active general discussion and advice forums. It's where I go for all my Big Brother flame wars, but it's also full of civilized discourse.
Post a query like, "Advice on architectural term" and there will be a dozen architects reading it. You can't post pictures directly in the forum though, so you'd need to link to it. (edit: weird - I was sure you posted a picture.) |
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Couldn't it be a Mews as well? Wikipedia mentions that it can be
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06-15-2012, 11:47 AM | #14 |
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Here in the UK, I do not believe that such a passageway would ever be called a Mews.
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06-15-2012, 11:48 AM | #15 |
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I agree that passageway seems most appropriate. We use "jitty" here in the Midlands, but in our case it refers to a narrow unpaved lane, so there could be confusion in the wider world if you called it that.
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