It just occurred to me that I have the 7th Harry Potter book here, and I could just look up what they called the basement at Malfoy's place. Then that would settle things!
But yeah, I think of cellars as "root cellar" or "wine cellar" - as in, they're used for a specific function...whereas, let's say in Malfoy's place where the basement was used as a dungeon...well, that'd just be a basement. Still, I'll look and see what Jo called it.
Basements are very common in Canadian homes for some reason. It's actually more strange if you don't have one than if you do...well, depending where you are in Canada anyway. If the ground is too rocky and/or frozen, than you don't have a basement.
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Date: 2010-09-08 04:29 pm (UTC)But yeah, I think of cellars as "root cellar" or "wine cellar" - as in, they're used for a specific function...whereas, let's say in Malfoy's place where the basement was used as a dungeon...well, that'd just be a basement. Still, I'll look and see what Jo called it.
Basements are very common in Canadian homes for some reason. It's actually more strange if you don't have one than if you do...well, depending where you are in Canada anyway. If the ground is too rocky and/or frozen, than you don't have a basement.