Talk:Flophouse
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[edit]"Such people, whether employed or unemployed, lead a hedonist self-destructive lifestyle. If they are employed, their money usually goes to drugs and/or alcohol. Other bums and partygoers can also temporarily stay for parties." -- IT'S LIKE I'M READING A REAL ENCYCLOPEDIA!
- That caught my eye and I removed it. Not a NPOV at all. 81.235.136.245 00:27, 30 March 2007 (UTC)
Blues Brothers as a source?
[edit]"Hotel for Men; Transients Welcome"??? That's exactly what the sign says on the hotel Jake and Elwood live in. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.68.127.93 (talk) 01:49, 9 November 2008 (UTC)
- I removed it. Czolgolz (talk) 01:43, 1 November 2011 (UTC)
Etymology
[edit]Being English I am not familiar with the use in America of 'flophouse' as an equivalent of the British doss-house. I do know however that 'flop-house' in British English has a specific meaning, i.e. a form of accommodation where the only mechanism from keeping sleepers off the floor were ropes over which they would place their arms to go to sleep. There were no beds: a user would simply 'flop' over the rope. Presumably the American word came from that same source. Should this not be included on the page? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.24.121.212 (talk) 15:19, 3 March 2012
"In popular culture"
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Every minor mention of a flophouse in the history of American culture. This may be acceptable on some trivia-focused Wikia, but not in Wikipedia article space. --87.79.43.128 (talk) 23:10, 28 July 2012 (UTC)
References
- ^ Cormac McCarthy, Suttree (Vintage, 1992), pp. 174-176.
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Is this copied from somewhere?
[edit]your ha'penny would buy you
This doesn't sound like it was written by a modern speaker of any dialect I'm aware of. Is it taken from somewhere? — Sonata Green (talk) 21:20, 20 July 2018 (UTC)
- If I understand correctly the history of London English, this expression was commonplace in the late 19th century, when such institutions were also commonplace. Jim.henderson (talk) 14:45, 24 July 2018 (UTC)
Requesting help cleaning up article
[edit]Tried to cleaning up article from iPhone, then did a little more from iPad when phone calls and other work came in. Most concerned about opening paragraphs. I’d welcome any help! Thumb typing on iPhone interface doesn’t work well for editing... DrMel (talk) 22:53, 6 March 2019 (UTC)
unclear
[edit]"the turn of the 20th century"- When is this? Is it 1901 or 2001? The Wikipedia article on 'turn of the century' says the term is ambiguous (citing ChMS). 2600:6C67:1C00:5F7E:5074:94AA:1A:68AA (talk) 04:00, 18 July 2022 (UTC)