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Old 08-09-2020, 03:40 PM
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Originally Posted by kendi View Post
I call it pop. My husband and I are from opposite sides of the same city. He never heard of the word “stoop” (he thought I was calling the front porch stupid). Nor did he ever hear the phrase “teeming rain.”
The top of the stairs INSIDE the house (to the bedroom floor) was called "the landing." The top of the stairs OUTSIDE the house (from the walkway to the front door) was called the stoop. We didn't have a porch. But we did have a patio out back.