I tried Google Ngrams for rented flat vs rented apartment in American English and they don't diverge too significantly until after the war: [link]
(Can't use flat vs. apartment because of course flat means a lot of things.)
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flea - May 27, 2012 3:50:36 pm PDT #18997 of 28333
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megan walker - May 27, 2012 4:03:22 pm PDT #18998 of 28333
"What kind of magical sunshine and lollipop world do you live in? Because you need to be medicated."-SFist
That graph is fascinating.
If I had to guess, I would have thought the war would increase usage of flat, since I feel like I only use it because of living in Europe. Although I think people use it more out here than on the East Coast.
Sophia Brooks - May 27, 2012 4:04:59 pm PDT #18999 of 28333
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For some reason, I feel like "cold water flat" is an American usage, but that other than that I associate t with Europe.
Sue - May 27, 2012 4:30:06 pm PDT #19000 of 28333
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Although I think people use it more out here than on the East Coast.
Interesting. Flat seems common on the East coast of Canada. In Vancouver, everyone called all apartments "suites."
Polter-Cow - May 28, 2012 10:41:11 am PDT #19001 of 28333
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Erin, Dohring as Shaun is perfect, I agree. I'm hearing a lot of lines in his voice, and they work so well. I think I pictured Shaun a little bulkier, but otherwise, yeah.
Ginger wasn't lying about the page-turning-osity, either. I feel like I spend every minute not reading it waiting to read it. And I've already read it!
DavidS - May 28, 2012 10:47:05 am PDT #19002 of 28333
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Strix - May 28, 2012 11:01:01 am PDT #19003 of 28333
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Oh, it's a total page turner! That's why I waited, with much impatience, to read it till I was home, so I could have absolutely uninterrupted time to suck it down.
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sumi - May 28, 2012 3:09:43 pm PDT #19004 of 28333
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"Suites" - that's very interesting.
I've only heard flat used in the verbal descriptions of buildings - like a 4 flat or a 3 flat. But the apartments themselves aren't called flats - they're called apartments.
DebetEsse - May 28, 2012 4:39:17 pm PDT #19005 of 28333
Woe to the fucking wicked.
I always thought it was a bit odd that "paying all kinds of rent for a flat that would flatten the Taj Mahal" was a lyric in a show that was very much set in New York (Guys and Dolls. And feel free to keep that earworm. I certainly have).
§ ita § - May 28, 2012 7:01:11 pm PDT #19006 of 28333
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
If I've read Mojo Conjure Stories (anthology) and and Midnight Robber, which Nalo Hopkinson should I read next? I haven't read them recently, so if it's a sequel, I'll go back (to paper...ack!) and catch up, but I'd prefer not to.
Also, has anyone here read Marlon James? My sister "forced" one of his books on me (John Crow's Devil--it's pretty good, but I haven't finished it...it's been forever), but she's a major fangirl. Accosted him into conversation for half an hour at a lit festival, and would not let him escape. If she had revealed she'd cut off his foot, at that point in the story, I wouldn't be surprised.