What do you call these houses in English?
Sul Sul everyone! Could you tell me what these houses are called in English? I would like to share them in the gallery and therefore I need the right name. Or simply: How would you name this lot? In ...
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"Stormkeep;c-18093602" wrote:
Where I'm from, we'd call them Stilt Houses, because they are built up over the water on stilts. I just googled, and it's a real word for them. :lol:
We have a lot of made-up words where I grew up, so I always have to check that.... like, we called drinking fountains "bubblers"...and then when I lived somewhere else people laughed at me for calling them that.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stilt_house
I've always called them bubblers as well. Except when in navy, where the term is scuttlebut. I'm in MA.
