Date:  Sat, 16 Jul 1994 21:31:14 -0500

From:  Charles F Juengling <juen0001[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]GOLD.TC.UMN.EDU>

Subject: Re: Church House



On Sat July 16 Keith Russell wrote:



> I'm LDS (Mormon), and we have our own unique religious vocabulary. For

> example, the equivalent of a Catholic diocese is called a "stake"; the

> local unit is called a "ward." Growing up in Southern Alberta, the stake

> meetings were always held in a "stakehouse"



Keith,

Have you ever heard of new or non-members misinterpreting this as "steak

house"?

Fritz



> ward meetings, however, took

> place at the "church." I have since lived for extensive lengths of time

> in Korea, Illinois, and New Mexico. As well as I can remember, I do not

> recall hearing "wardhouse" (at least, not in common use) until I moved

> to Utah a few years ago. Now I hear it all the time.

>

> Keith Russell

> wkr[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]us.dynix.com