Indeed, things in our house accrue names and don't necessarily lose them when they cease to be appropriate. See also pubs, shops, and people who change their name on marriage.
When I was at junior school, a teacher (perhaps doing a sly social survey) enquired of everyone what their household called the room in which one sits about. Various people answered living room, lounge, front room, etc. I answered "dining room", and was sharply reprimanded that that was a room where you ate, not where you sat about.
I was most aggrieved. The room in our house (containing a dining table and some easy chairs), in which we spent most time, was (and still is) known as the dining room.
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Date: 2009-10-07 09:09 am (UTC)When I was at junior school, a teacher (perhaps doing a sly social survey) enquired of everyone what their household called the room in which one sits about. Various people answered living room, lounge, front room, etc. I answered "dining room", and was sharply reprimanded that that was a room where you ate, not where you sat about.
I was most aggrieved. The room in our house (containing a dining table and some easy chairs), in which we spent most time, was (and still is) known as the dining room.