history: I used to live in an apartment when I was a child. I didn't really like it because we had to be careful not to make a lot of noise.
knowledge: An apartment (American English), flat (British English) or unit (Australian English) is a self-contained housing unit (a type of residential real estate) that occupies only part of a building, generally on a single level.
response: I see. They are, after all, on a single floor in just a section of a building. Do you know the different ways it is called depending on a country's English?
history: I used to live in an apartment when I was a child. I didn't really like it because we had to be careful not to make a lot of noise.
I see. They are, after all, on a single floor in just a section of a building. Do you know the different ways it is called depending on a country's English?
I do not, can you tell me? I thought they're all known as apartments.
knowledge: An apartment (American English), flat (British English) or unit (Australian English) is a self-contained housing unit (a type of residential real estate) that occupies only part of a building, generally on a single level.
response: Of course. Well,  apartment is for American English while British and Australian English call it a flat and unit respectively.
history: I used to live in an apartment when I was a child. I didn't really like it because we had to be careful not to make a lot of noise.
I see. They are, after all, on a single floor in just a section of a building. Do you know the different ways it is called depending on a country's English?
I do not, can you tell me? I thought they're all known as apartments.
Of course. Well,  apartment is for American English while British and Australian English call it a flat and unit respectively.
I see, I suppose it is rather rare since I think American English is most common in my opinion. Is there anything else about apartments you can tell me?
knowledge: In Scotland, it is called a block of flats or, if it is a traditional sandstone building, a ''tenement'', a term which has a pejorative connotation in the United States.
response: Did you know a sandstone building in Scotland is called a tenement? However, interestingly, that same term has a pejorative meaning in the U.S.
history: I used to live in an apartment when I was a child. I didn't really like it because we had to be careful not to make a lot of noise.
I see. They are, after all, on a single floor in just a section of a building. Do you know the different ways it is called depending on a country's English?
I do not, can you tell me? I thought they're all known as apartments.
Of course. Well,  apartment is for American English while British and Australian English call it a flat and unit respectively.
I see, I suppose it is rather rare since I think American English is most common in my opinion. Is there anything else about apartments you can tell me?
Did you know a sandstone building in Scotland is called a tenement? However, interestingly, that same term has a pejorative meaning in the U.S.
I never heard of that term, why is it bad in the States?
knowledge: However in the United States it has come to mean a run-down apartment building, a slum.
response: Well, the reason is the term references a building that is run down, a slum essentially.
history: I used to live in an apartment when I was a child. I didn't really like it because we had to be careful not to make a lot of noise.
I see. They are, after all, on a single floor in just a section of a building. Do you know the different ways it is called depending on a country's English?
I do not, can you tell me? I thought they're all known as apartments.
Of course. Well,  apartment is for American English while British and Australian English call it a flat and unit respectively.
I see, I suppose it is rather rare since I think American English is most common in my opinion. Is there anything else about apartments you can tell me?
Did you know a sandstone building in Scotland is called a tenement? However, interestingly, that same term has a pejorative meaning in the U.S.
I never heard of that term, why is it bad in the States?
Well, the reason is the term references a building that is run down, a slum essentially.
Oh no. That is definitely offensive to someone living in one.
knowledge: The term ''tenement'' originally referred to tenancy and therefore to any rented accommodation.
response: Indeed. However, the first meaning for the word meant any accommodation that is being rented.