Is it fair to demand silence when you go to bed? - Page 3

ERIKK · 31-03-2003, 21:01

hmmm...

I guess a roommate is something different than a lodger btw...

Sween · 01-04-2003, 00:41

I like a little noise. I need the sound of a fan and a radio to fall asleep. I can actually SLEEP thru loud noises like yelling and banging, but there is no way i can FALL asleep with it going on.

i used to live in an apartment in a large old house. nice big room, private bathroom and shower, had my own little homemade kitchen (forman grill, etc) and i loved it. complete privacy. i had to move into another house with the other people who lived in the house because the owner was turning that one into a bed and breakfast. one of them has his gf over every single night and all they do is fight. and she is SO loud. i can't wait until they get kicked out.

Lt. Killer M · 01-04-2003, 07:03

anarres: taking into account how thin walls are in the UK compared to what i am used to, I WOULD say the TV can easily be a problem for light sleepers. Talking - well, there's people that talk rather loudly (and languages that tend to make you do so) and there's others....... But forcing people to whisper and not being able to sleep when someone already uses headphones for the guitar msounds to me a bit like it is TOO QUIET otherwise. The guy enjoys perfect silence except for you two, that's why you disturb him so much.

Tell him to ask a doctor - a good one. He must learn to sleep with less than perfect conditions if he every really wants to move around Europe - who knows where he will be sleeping then?

Basically, tell him to fuck off if he keeps on whining.

Shabbaman · 01-04-2003, 10:37

Quote:

quote:Originally posted by ERIKK

hmmm...

I guess a roommate is something different than a lodger btw...

I guess you're meaning 'huisgenoot'. You could translate that as 'inmate', although that sounds really dirty...

ERIKK · 01-04-2003, 10:41

Quote:

quote:Originally posted by Shabbaman

Quote:

quote:Originally posted by ERIKK

hmmm...

I guess a roommate is something different than a lodger btw...

I guess you're meaning 'huisgenoot'. You could translate that as 'inmate', although that sounds really dirty...

Yeah, we shared an appartment for several years, which means you share everything and are basicaly living together... This is not the case with a lodger I suppose...

Lt. Killer M · 02-04-2003, 06:50

ah, with all the english experts around, can someone tell me which English word to use for someone like this:

we live in 1 appartment
we share bathroom
kitchen
cellar
balcony

we do NOT share the same livingroom
bedroom
groceries

roommate? No, Americans will think os campus doorms where two people share the same (bed)room.
lodger? No, we both pay part of the rent. And what if we are 6 poeple who share a 6 room appartment?????

HELP!!!!!

Shabbaman · 02-04-2003, 08:15

My dictionary tells me it should be 'inmate'. But that sounds way to 'intimate'.

col · 02-04-2003, 08:20

I'd use flatmate or housemate.

Inmate is used for folk in prison and would never be used here.

Shabbaman · 02-04-2003, 08:36

Lt. Killer M · 02-04-2003, 10:39

Shabba: inmate = prison inmate ==> unacceptable

but thanx

01-04-2003, 00:41	#22
Sween Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: USA. Posts: 124	I like a little noise. I need the sound of a fan and a radio to fall asleep. I can actually SLEEP thru loud noises like yelling and banging, but there is no way i can FALL asleep with it going on. i used to live in an apartment in a large old house. nice big room, private bathroom and shower, had my own little homemade kitchen (forman grill, etc) and i loved it. complete privacy. i had to move into another house with the other people who lived in the house because the owner was turning that one into a bed and breakfast. one of them has his gf over every single night and all they do is fight. and she is SO loud. i can't wait until they get kicked out. __________________ system warning: sween virus found. press ctrl w to disinfect.

01-04-2003, 07:03	#23
Lt. Killer M Emperor Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: HAWK!. Posts: 4,365	anarres: taking into account how thin walls are in the UK compared to what i am used to, I WOULD say the TV can easily be a problem for light sleepers. Talking - well, there's people that talk rather loudly (and languages that tend to make you do so) and there's others....... But forcing people to whisper and not being able to sleep when someone already uses headphones for the guitar msounds to me a bit like it is TOO QUIET otherwise. The guy enjoys perfect silence except for you two, that's why you disturb him so much. Tell him to ask a doctor - a good one. He must learn to sleep with less than perfect conditions if he every really wants to move around Europe - who knows where he will be sleeping then? Basically, tell him to fuck off if he keeps on whining. __________________ One more turn..... just one more turn... one MORE!

02-04-2003, 06:50	#26
Lt. Killer M Emperor Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: HAWK!. Posts: 4,365	ah, with all the english experts around, can someone tell me which English word to use for someone like this: we live in 1 appartment we share bathroom kitchen cellar balcony we do NOT share the same livingroom bedroom groceries roommate? No, Americans will think os campus doorms where two people share the same (bed)room. lodger? No, we both pay part of the rent. And what if we are 6 poeple who share a 6 room appartment????? HELP!!!!! __________________ One more turn..... just one more turn... one MORE!

02-04-2003, 08:15	#27
Shabbaman Administrator Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Costa La Haya Posts: 8,493	My dictionary tells me it should be 'inmate'. But that sounds way to 'intimate'. __________________ "Our spam is backed with COMETS!"

02-04-2003, 08:20	#28
col King Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: South Sandwich Islands. Posts: 1,529	I'd use flatmate or housemate. Inmate is used for folk in prison and would never be used here. __________________ I can't be arsed.

31-03-2003, 21:01	#21
ERIKK Moderator Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Netherlands!. Posts: 2,636	hmmm... I guess a roommate is something different than a lodger btw...

02-04-2003, 08:36	#29
Shabbaman Administrator Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Costa La Haya Posts: 8,493	__________________ "Our spam is backed with COMETS!"

02-04-2003, 10:39	#30
Lt. Killer M Emperor Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: HAWK!. Posts: 4,365	Shabba: inmate = prison inmate ==> unacceptable but thanx __________________ One more turn..... just one more turn... one MORE!

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