What do you call this?

mr ploppy · 06-14-2012, 11:51 AM

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.

dwig · 06-14-2012, 12:10 PM

"Passageway" would be one usable term, at least in American English. Whether or not it's used in the UK, I couldn't say.

kennyc · 06-14-2012, 12:11 PM

Portal to Hell?

Suzanna · 06-14-2012, 12:13 PM

Covered walkway?

mr ploppy · 06-14-2012, 12:18 PM

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.

ScalyFreak · 06-14-2012, 01:11 PM

Passage, path, alley, walkway... either of them, with the word "private" just before it if that's an important distinction to make.

VydorScope · 06-14-2012, 01:17 PM

I like passage.

DrNefario · 06-14-2012, 05:03 PM

Passage works for me, too.

Penforhire · 06-14-2012, 06:42 PM

A good place to get mugged?

GA Russell · 06-14-2012, 06:50 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Suzanna

Covered walkway?

I like "walkway", but around here there would need to be a further description of the building "archway" for the reader to get the idea.

Bilbo1967 · 06-14-2012, 06:54 PM

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!).

dadioflex · 06-15-2012, 04:42 AM

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.)

crich70 · 06-15-2012, 11:40 AM

Couldn't it be a Mews as well? Wikipedia mentions that it can be

Quote:

sometimes applied to rows or groups of garages or, more broadly, to a narrow passage or a confined place.

and if the space is as you describe I'd think Mews would fit even though it's not a stable or other such space, just due to the fact it is a passageway.

Bilbo1967 · 06-15-2012, 11:47 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by crich70

Couldn't it be a Mews as well? Wikipedia mentions that it can be and if the space is as you describe I'd think Mews would fit even though it's not a stable or other such space, just due to the fact it is a passageway.

Here in the UK, I do not believe that such a passageway would ever be called a Mews.

orlok · 06-15-2012, 11:48 AM

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.

06-14-2012, 11:51 AM	#1
mr ploppy Feral Underclass Posts: 3,622 Karma: 26821535 Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: Yorkshire, tha noz Device: 2nd hand paperback	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.

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dwig Wizard Posts: 1,613 Karma: 6718541 Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Paradise (Key West, FL) Device: Current:Surface Go & Kindle 3 - Retired: DellV8p, Clie UX50, ...	"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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kennyc The Dank Side of the Moon Posts: 35,897 Karma: 119230421 Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Denver, CO Device: Kindle2; Kindle Fire	Portal to Hell?

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Suzanna Living in the past Posts: 432 Karma: 6011289 Join Date: Sep 2010 Location: Toronto Device: Kobo Aura HD, Kobo Arc	Covered walkway?

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mr ploppy Feral Underclass Posts: 3,622 Karma: 26821535 Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: Yorkshire, tha noz Device: 2nd hand paperback	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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ScalyFreak Sith Wannabe Posts: 2,034 Karma: 8017430 Join Date: Jun 2011 Location: I'm not sure... it's kind of dark. Device: Galaxy Note 4, Kobo Aura H2O, Kindle Fire HD, Aluratek Libre	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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Bilbo1967 Not scared! Posts: 13,424 Karma: 81011643 Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Midlands, UK Device: Kindle Paperwhite 10, Huawei M5 10	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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dadioflex Dyslexic Count Posts: 526 Karma: 5041991 Join Date: Aug 2008 Device: Palm TX, Advent Vega, iPad, iPod Touch, Kindle	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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orlok Close to the Edit! Posts: 9,797 Karma: 267994408 Join Date: Jan 2011 Location: UK Device: Kindle Oasis, Amazon Fire 8", Kindle 6"	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.