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[Jonathan Lighter]

Yep. We lived in a "Town Home" for a number of years. There were six of
them, in two cheek-by-jowl units each. They went up in (get ready!) 1983 or
'84.

I didn't realize "townhomes" were a thing, however, till just now.

JL

On Thu, Oct 4, 2018 at 5:24 PM Wilson Gray <hwgray at gmail.com> wrote:

> > Townhomes
>
> WTF?!! Are you saying that the word, "townhome," exists *historically*
> and is *independent* of a single, on-line money-lenders' ad?! Cut my
> legs and call me "shorty"! It still amazes me how well Jim Crow
> worked. It's a good thing that _townhome_ wasn't on the SAT's!
> On Thu, Oct 4, 2018 at 4:35 PM Dan Goncharoff <thegonch at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > Is it that simple? Townhouses, historically, were distinct but adjacent
> > buildings. Townhomes are NOT distinct buildings.
> >
> > On Thu, Oct 4, 2018, 3:49 PM Wilson Gray <hwgray at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > > _Townhouse_ replaced by "townhome."
> > >
> > > What's next? The "White Home"?
> > > --
> > > -Wilson
> > > -----
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> > > to come from the mouths of people who have had to live.
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