03-04-2004, 20:43
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Mud room
Incog asked me what a mud room is...
A mud room is where you hang your coat and take your shoes off before going into someone's house. Most people have either a mud room, or the foyer is considered the mud room. A dedicated mud room usually has its own door (glass) and is not really heated.
I know in the southern states you don't take your shoes off when you go into someone's house and that you trample around with your shoes. It feels a little ... wrong to me. I don't know. We always take our shoes off, especially in the winter when your boots are covered in grime, snow, and mud.
I much prefer going around in socks (in the winter), or even better going around in bare feet (rest of the year).
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03-04-2004, 20:45
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Re: Mud room
foyer ..... 
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03-04-2004, 20:46
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Re: Mud room
Porch or hallway in English
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03-04-2004, 20:48
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Re: Mud room
No... we have a porch too, in addition to a mudroom.  A mudroom allows you to close the mudroom door before entering the house, preventing all the snow and wind from blowing in.
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03-04-2004, 20:50
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Re: Mud room
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03-04-2004, 20:52
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Re: Mud room
Visual aids help a great deal.
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03-04-2004, 21:02
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Re: Mud room
In the Thai culture it is very very rude not to take your shoes off when you go into someone's house.
I don't have anywhere for shoes, i live in a shared house, i keep them on til i get to my room and then change to my lovely slippers
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03-04-2004, 21:53
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Re: Mud room
Slippers? I don't even own slippers. No thx. Bare feet is best for me.
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03-04-2004, 21:55
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Re: Mud room
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Originally Posted by monkeybreath
In the Thai culture it is very very rude not to take your shoes off when you go into someone's house.
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i was just thinking how you could do the script for the hsbc ads with that 
oh, and we dont have a mudroom or a porch or whatever the hell u want to call it. we have the kitchen
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03-04-2004, 21:56
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Re: Mud room
So the place where you prepare food is the place you dirty up?
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03-04-2004, 22:41
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Re: Mud room
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It doesn't look very muddy though...
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03-04-2004, 22:50
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Re: Mud room
That is because it is cleaned.
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04-04-2004, 18:38
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Re: Mud room
we call that a cloakroom or a closet or a cupboard or a cubbyhole depending on where in the uk you live...........
a MUD room is a "multi user dungeon" that is used for games on the net
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04-04-2004, 18:41
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Re: Mud room
Mud room=excellent idea 
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04-04-2004, 18:53
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Re: Mud room
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Originally Posted by monkeybreath
In the Thai culture it is very very rude not to take your shoes off when you go into someone's house.
I don't have anywhere for shoes, i live in a shared house, i keep them on til i get to my room and then change to my lovely slippers |
Slippers here = trainers, the slippers you're on about we call House Slippers .. don't ask why, it confuses me too when you hear people in a sports shop asking for a pair of Nike slippers in a size 10.
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