More views of - or after - Cambridge Film Festival 2011
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4 November
The German word for bedroom doesn't focus on the bed, but on the sleeping.
With living-room, we do what Wohnzimmer does, and consider the act of living our waking life. Same with dining-room and Esszimmer.
So why this difference with sleeping-room? Likewise, if French qualifies its word 'chambre', it adds à coucher, 'for sleeping'?
Bed or sleep - I believe that Italian goes for the bed part...
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