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The majority of buildings in the US simply do not have names.
by vidanay 6y ago
The majority of buildings in the US simply do not have names.
- chrisseaton 6y agoBlair House in Washington DC for example? Seems the same naming convention doesn’t it? It’s not particular to the UK.
- rst 6y agoBlair House is... a house. A family named Blair used to live in it. So, not really parallel to the British usage of "House" for structures like the BBC headquarters, "Broadcasting House", which have never had residential usage, and are in no way suited for it.
- chrisseaton 6y agoAs I already explained, ‘house’ in this context means ‘building’ not ‘home’. It’s a little old fashioned that’s all.
- vidanay 6y agoSure, I can name lots of structures in the US that have names, but they are far from the majority, and I an unaware of any legal weight for the name (IDK if UK building names have legal weight either though...)
- the-dude 6y agoIn some parts of the UK, there are no clear addresses ( Ireland comes to mind ). You address your mail to 'Shield House'. Maybe this has something to do with it.
- kwhitefoot 6y agoSounds a bit boring.
- war1025 6y agoMaybe they should? It seems like people name their cars often enough. Our house is unit 8 in our development, so we've taken to calling it "The eight house." Something about it having a name is just... nice.