Tuesday, December 13, 2011

ABC Wednesday: V is for veranda(h)


Veranda has varied spellings since verdandah is another way that it's spelled.
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The Moses Cone Manor has a veranda around part of it. As you can see in the front shot below part of the front has windows and is not a verandah, but on the other side of the entrance is a veranda and it wraps around the sides. I usually call verandas porches but a porch can be enclosed with a screen or glass and verandas are usually open with only a roof and railing. A veranda can also refer to the entrance so if the part below only had the small veranda in front of the door and didn't wrap around it could still be a veranda. According to that definition my front stoop could be a veranda but that would be silly since my stoop is a stoop not worthy of a fancy word like veranda.
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23 comments:

  1. ArijaDecember 13, 2011 at 6:56 AM

    That's a neat little shack. Here in Australia verandahs are an important shield against the sun and provide shade for sitting under as well as shading the walls of the house to keep the summer heat out.

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  2. photowannabeDecember 13, 2011 at 12:12 PM

    Pretty fancy veranda photos. When I hear that word I think of mint julups and Southern humidity.

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  3. MaRDecember 13, 2011 at 12:16 PM

    What lovely architecture and beautiful verandas...!!

    V is for verdigris

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  4. Cezar and LéiaDecember 13, 2011 at 12:20 PM

    wow magnificent veranda!
    This facade is adorable!
    Léia

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  5. VioletSkyDecember 13, 2011 at 12:35 PM

    That is one beautiful entrance!
    I grew up with the word veranda, but it seems to be slowly replaced by porch.

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  6. KathyDecember 13, 2011 at 1:46 PM

    The houses of the wealthy have verandas. The houses of ordinary people (like me) have porches! Love your photos, and living in the eastern part of Texas where we were greatly influenced by the South, there are quite a few homes with verandas here (but there are even more with porches!).

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  7. Roger Owen GreenDecember 13, 2011 at 1:55 PM

    lovely veranda! (Tho I never have seen it spelled with an h.)

    ROG, ABC Wednesday team

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  8. EG CameraGirlDecember 13, 2011 at 3:04 PM

    I would love to have a verandah on my home like that, especially if my house would look like that. :)

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  9. Gigi AnnDecember 13, 2011 at 4:49 PM

    Love those verandahs, they are lovely.

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  10. Shooting ParrotsDecember 13, 2011 at 4:59 PM

    An impressively blue sky to show off the white of the verandah!

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  11. Latane BartonDecember 13, 2011 at 5:39 PM

    That is a magnificent house... did I say house? I mean mansion. Okay, I'll let you know when I move in.

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  12. Sallie (FullTime-Life)December 13, 2011 at 6:46 PM

    Any way you spell it, I love them. Thinking of some of the old estates we've toured -- just pour us a lemonade (or a mint julep)!

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  13. SandyCarlsonDecember 13, 2011 at 8:47 PM

    That's one beautiful manor. Your photos are just great.

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  14. MerylDecember 13, 2011 at 9:22 PM

    What a beautiful home!

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  15. Ann, Chen Jie Xue 陈洁雪December 13, 2011 at 11:23 PM

    The second photo looks like an iced cake.

    Houses I grew up in Borneo have a verandah, keeps us warm so we don't have to be inside all the time.

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  16. WandaDecember 13, 2011 at 11:32 PM

    Wow....those are no little verandas. Never had a home with one...

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  17. Chubskulit RoseDecember 14, 2011 at 12:18 AM

    Very grand!

    Please come and see the Voyage of the Mermaid. Happy holidays!

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  18. Kay L. DaviesDecember 14, 2011 at 2:05 AM

    A beautiful building, Carver, and I have a soft spot for verandas, no matter how they're spelled. When my husband sees a house with a veranda, he calls it a "Kay House"!

    Kay, Alberta, Canada
    An Unfittie’s Guide to Adventurous Travel

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  19. IngridDecember 14, 2011 at 10:53 AM

    I could just move in !

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  20. RamblingWoods2.comDecember 14, 2011 at 12:57 PM

    Love that house..I didn't know there was more than one spelling...

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  21. UnknownDecember 14, 2011 at 4:02 PM

    That's how we spell veranda too. This manor is awesome I love the white paint it look very elegant.

    ABC Wed.

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  22. Tumblewords:December 14, 2011 at 10:00 PM

    Love your description of the big porch noun. :) What a place that is. It would be fun to wander around there until it needed the windows washed and the floors mopped.

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  23. AnonymousDecember 19, 2011 at 3:30 PM

    so spic and span clean and white, amazing

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