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Mr. Tom Posted 12 years ago
Vocabulary

Use of airy and breezy

Hi

On this side of the pond, the words "airy" and "breezy" are commonly used this way (especially in advertisements). Is this use natural to native ears?

Flat on rent -- spacious, breezy ...
It was a cool breezy office.
It was a cool airy office.

Thanks,

Tom
  

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Do you mean that you have seen "breezy" used this way in advertisements in the US or UK (depending on which side of the pond is which)? I would not use "breezy" for indoor spaces. It sounds odd to me.

— GPY

  • Do you mean that you have seen "breezy" used this way in advertisements in the US or UK (depending on which side of the pond is which)?
  • I would not use "breezy" for indoor spaces.
  • It sounds odd to me.
  • "airy" is OK.
  • "Flat on rent" is wrong, at least in the UK.
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Do you mean that you have seen "breezy" used this way in advertisements in the US or UK (depending on which side of the pond is which)? I would not use "breezy" for indoor spaces. It sounds odd to me. "airy" is OK.

"Flat on rent" is wrong, at least in the UK. It should be "Flat for/to rent".
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Thanks, GPY.

Are these sentences OK now?

It was a breezy morning.
It was an airy bedroom.

And these are wrong?

It was an airy morning.
T
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Mr. TomAre these sentences OK now?It was a breezy morning.It was an airy bedroom.
Yes.
Mr. TomAnd these are wrong?It was an airy morning.The bedrooms were light and breezy.
They are not normal uses of the words. In the second case, since "breezy" is not normally used about an indoor place, I think my mind would try to f
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