"condominium" for non U.S. readers

Subject: "condominium" for non U.S. readers
From: Yvonne DeGraw <ydegraw -at- ydegraw -dot- com>
To: "TECHWR-L" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com>
Date: Tue, 12 Feb 2002 11:41:12 -0800

Hello,

I'm working on a marketing document in which the author uses an analogy
that contrasts building "condominiums" with "castles". Are "condominium"
and "condo" words that folks across the Pacific or Atlantic ponds are going
to understand?

Admittedly, we don't have many castles here in the US, and US readers don't
know what a "flat" is in England. How about "apartment" or "studio"?

The audience is DSP software engineers and managers. The document will only
be in English. Other than the US, readers will likely be mostly in Europe,
India, and Japan.

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