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My point was nothing to do with size or value! Oh dear, my pedantry has been misconstrued. My point was the conflation of hundred year old and "Tudor". I am not
by kolektiv 16y ago
My point was nothing to do with size or value! Oh dear, my pedantry has been misconstrued. My point was the conflation of hundred year old and "Tudor". I am not one to sneer at anybody for their scale of home, and indeed wish this chap luck.
- wildwood 16y agoAre you aware that 'Tudor' is an architectural style? A house can be brand new, and still be accurately called a Tudor. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tudor_architecture#Typical_features http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tudor_architecture#Typical_feat...
- kolektiv 16y agoHaha, yes I am. The point was, as I admitted, pedantic! It perhaps seems rather more amusing to a Brit, where 400 year old houses, though not common, nevertheless are around. A house here described as Tudor is, more likely than not, actually Tudor. Much unkind amusement is also often expressed over here at statements from Americans such as "it's so old! Over 100 years!", but that is simply an old saw. As I say, people missed my point a little, which was out of place snark (though I hoped it would raise a smirk with some). Sadly I learn my lesson! :)
- wildwood 16y agoTrue, in American real estate, Tudor is about as meaningful a word for a time period as Pleistocene. You probably should have tagged it as Brit pedantry, we're used to not getting those jokes. :) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J6hijsqO8H0 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J6hijsqO8H0 (Europe - where the history comes from.)
- wrs 16y agoI live in a 103-year old house which I am always careful to call a "Tudor Revival". Here in Seattle anything before 1900 is considered ancient.
- caf 16y agoThat's known as "Mock Tudor" around here.
- robin_reala 16y agoIn Britain, when actual Tudor houses exist these modern builds are always called 'Mock Tudor'.
- JabavuAdams 16y agoWould "Tudor-style" satisfy your pedantry?
- tankenmate 16y agoOr the somewhat used Faux-Tudor. I don't think modern "Tudor" houses engage in wonderful building materials like daub wall plaster made with urine and other "fancy" stuff.