That area upstairs

abouttobebanned · 12-04-2010 12:19pm #1

Just a quick one...does everyone else call this the landing? I'm starting to doubt myself...

Lately I'm remembering a lot of words I used as a kid that I'm not quite sure about these days

Naos · 12-04-2010 12:20pm

Yup that's the landing.

Davidius · 12-04-2010 12:20pm

I call it the landing.

Schism · 12-04-2010 12:21pm

Yup, you got yourself a landing there.

abouttobebanned · 12-04-2010 12:22pm

Where the hell did that word come from? No wonder I wad doubting myself

Kiera · 12-04-2010 12:22pm

Mines called another apartment, but in my Mam's house i call it a landing.

alwaysadub · 12-04-2010 12:22pm

I call it the attic.
I live in a bungalow. :pac:

TanG411 · 12-04-2010 12:22pm

I usually land there after a night out, so yeah, it's the landing.

Keogg · 12-04-2010 12:23pm

What else would you call it? It's totally a landing

abouttobebanned · 12-04-2010 12:24pm

The upstairs hall haha

Max Power1 · 12-04-2010 12:24pm

id call it "UPSTAIRS"

edit: beaten to it pff

Kiera · 12-04-2010 12:25pm

abouttobebanned wrote: »

The upstairs hall haha

Max Power1 wrote: »

id call it "UPSTAIRS"

edit: beaten to it pff

Nope, upstairs is including the bedrooms. The landing is the part from the bedrooms to the main bathroom :cool:

Naos · 12-04-2010 12:27pm

abouttobebanned wrote: »

Where the hell did that word come from? No wonder I wad doubting myself

Maybe because when you are carrying something upstairs, for example a load of washing, you just land it there and let everyone take whats theirs?

Princess Consuela Bananahammock · 12-04-2010 12:29pm

Because it's where I used to play with my planes when I was a kid. Best place to 'accidently' send a wary parent down the stairs and still have it look like an accident!

Dravokivich · 12-04-2010 12:29pm

Tís all part of the foyer...

Gillington · 12-04-2010 12:31pm

Upstairs its the landing,downstairs the hall

daveyboy_1ie · 12-04-2010 12:33pm

Never called it anything other than the landing, never thought of where the name came from.

pickarooney · 12-04-2010 12:38pm

What's the bit between two flights of steps, where the staircase changes direction, called?

Kiera · 12-04-2010 12:41pm

pickarooney wrote: »

What's the bit between two flights of steps, where the staircase changes direction, called?

Ah why did you have to go and confuse things?

abouttobebanned · 12-04-2010 12:41pm

pickarooney wrote: »

What's the bit between two flights of steps, where the staircase changes direction, called?

don't think it has a name. Didnt stop the black eyed peas writing some crap song about it though

noodletop · 12-04-2010 12:42pm

pickarooney wrote: »

What's the bit between two flights of steps, where the staircase changes direction, called?

that would be the mid landing

abouttobebanned · 12-04-2010 12:43pm

And while we're in the area...did anyone ever put their foot through the gaps in the wood in the attic? The warnings we used to get about walking on them...

sron · 12-04-2010 12:44pm

pickarooney wrote: »

What's the bit between two flights of steps, where the staircase changes direction, called?

Call it a mezzanine; people will be impressed.

stovelid · 12-04-2010 12:45pm

pickarooney wrote: »

What's the bit between two flights of steps, where the staircase changes direction, called?

Banged-together NAMA gaff.

noodletop · 12-04-2010 12:46pm

abouttobebanned wrote: »

And while we're in the area...did anyone ever put their foot through the gaps in the wood in the attic? The warnings we used to get about walking on them...

you mean your parents made you live in the attic:eek: and had the neck to warn you not to fall through the ceiling

Earthhorse · 12-04-2010 12:46pm

pickarooney wrote: »

What's the bit between two flights of steps, where the staircase changes direction, called?

According to a Google search it's also called a landing: http://stairs.interiordezine.com/images/stair_tread_and_riser.jpg.

Personally, I'd have called it a pause.

pickarooney · 12-04-2010 12:51pm

Earthhorse wrote: »

According to a Google search it's also called a landing: http://stairs.interiordezine.com/images/stair_tread_and_riser.jpg.

Personally, I'd have called it a pause.

It can even be applied to the area at the foot of the stairs, according to dictionary.com.
That sort of cheapens it.

Anyone remember Knots Landing?

AnonoBoy · 12-04-2010 12:56pm

When I was young we used to call that area "where AnonoBoy sleeps".

hairyleprechaun · 12-04-2010 12:59pm

Always known them landings too. Never thought about it before. Where does the name come from?

OutlawPete · 12-04-2010 1:20pm

I grew up in Swords and my brothers told me when I was eight, that the Landing was called 'the landing' because if you forget to turn off the light there, planes would land on your house thinking it was the runway :rolleyes:

bonzodog2 · 12-04-2010 1:24pm

pickarooney wrote: »

What's the bit between two flights of steps, where the staircase changes direction, called?

When I was a lad, this was a half-landing

AnonoBoy · 12-04-2010 1:47pm

pickarooney wrote: »

What's the bit between two flights of steps, where the staircase changes direction, called?

Middle bit of the stairs.

bonerm · 12-04-2010 2:36pm

On a slightly related topic, I do distinctly remember calling the banister the "balancester" for several years. It'd made some sort of sence if you think about it.

jester77 · 12-04-2010 2:42pm

I thought a landing is what you get when you fall drunk from this upstairs area onto the floor below.

Kiera · 12-04-2010 2:45pm

bonerm wrote: »

On a slightly related topic, I do distinctly remember calling the banister the "balancester" for several years. It'd made some sort of sence if you think about it.

You're funny

Mars Bar · 12-04-2010 3:02pm

I'd call it a landing too.

Great thread, I love simple topics that get ya thinking!

12-04-2010 3:12pm

Yep, it's the landing.

When I lived in bungalow we had a little coat cupboard thing in the hall. I never got out of the habit of calling it the under the stairs :rolleyes:

nucking futs · 12-04-2010 3:15pm

pickarooney wrote: »

What's the bit between two flights of steps, where the staircase changes direction, called?

Eh... step-corner?

rainbowdrop · 12-04-2010 3:17pm

alwaysadub wrote: »

I call it the attic.
I live in a bungalow. :pac:

I live in a bungalow, I call my attic 'the loft' though........

alwaysadub · 12-04-2010 3:30pm

rainbowdrop wrote: »

I live in a bungalow, I call my attic 'the loft' though........

Ooh how very posh

pickarooney · 12-04-2010 3:42pm

Aye, 'tis a garret round our way.

Giselle · 12-04-2010 5:11pm

pickarooney wrote: »

What's the bit between two flights of steps, where the staircase changes direction, called?

Thats called the return, as in the first floor return, the second floor return, and so on.

Sheeps · 12-04-2010 5:15pm

I personally refer to it as the upstairs private domicile reception quarters.

phasers · 12-04-2010 5:34pm

That has a name? When do you people reference that?

I just call the entire upstairs area "upstairs" and then specify a room if I need to

alwaysadub · 12-04-2010 5:38pm

phasers wrote: »

That has a name? When do you people reference that?

I just call the entire upstairs area "upstairs" and then specify a room if I need to

You've never heard of a landing??
What if you're talking about something that's on the floor or something in between the rooms?

WindSock · 12-04-2010 5:39pm

And the hot press, or presses. What is up with that? Is it because you press the door closed or something?

Giselle · 12-04-2010 5:42pm

WindSock wrote: »

And the hot press, or presses. What is up with that? Is it because you press the door closed or something?

'Press ' is an Irish word for cupboard, which I always wondered about. Hot cupboard sounds odd somehow.

In our house its called the airing cupboard, which makes more sense (to me!).

phasers · 12-04-2010 5:44pm

alwaysadub wrote: »

You've never heard of a landing??
What if you're talking about something that's on the floor or something in between the rooms?

It's either 'outside' (If I'm in my bedroom) or 'at the top of the stairs' (If I'm downstairs)

Jammyc · 12-04-2010 5:47pm

OutlawPete wrote: »

I grew up in Swords and my brothers told me when I was eight, that the Landing was called 'the landing' because if you forget to turn off the light there, planes would land on your house thinking it was the runway :rolleyes:

I was always told this too!:D

pickarooney · 13-04-2010 10:00am

Giselle wrote: »

'Press ' is an Irish word for cupboard, which I always wondered about. Hot cupboard sounds odd somehow.

In our house its called the airing cupboard, which makes more sense (to me!).

Do you have a board inside with cups hanging off it and a nice breeze blowing through it?

LordSutch · 13-04-2010 11:01am

Yup, its the landing.

That area upstairs

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