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Saloons are not usually part of a family house. Usually.

• rwmj 11y ago
  "Saloon" (meaning car) is a normal British English term (apparently they are called Sedans in the US), and the Economist is a British paper.
  • qbrass 11y ago
    If you watch old westerns, the doors on a saloon (the bar) swing outward from the center as someone walked through them. The name was originally given to cars that have normal opening front doors and suicide rear doors which would have a similar appearance when you opened them. Eventually it started being applied to any 4 door regardless of how the doors opened.