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Originally Posted by Acajack
FYI in Quebec French, a ''cottage'' (pronounced cot-taydge) is a term you sometimes hear for a two-storey detached house. It's not anything rustic at all.
A rustic cottage or cabin is a ''chalet'' as most people would know I guess.
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Depends. Your definition is mostly correct. I've seen people, relatives from Ottawa (Kanata), observe a "for sale" sign in front of a duplex converted to a single family home, and to drive that point home and distinguish it from the one nextdoor, the agent placed a big sticker that read COTTAGE on the sign. One confused relative from Kanata asked if they were including a country house in the sale.
On the other hand, I've noticed a few francophones around our family "chalet" near St. Donat refer to theirs as "notre cottaydge"
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