On Thu, 28 Nov 1996, Goosed wrote:

On Thu, 28 Nov 1996, Malka Korman wrote:

REM wrote:

        Okay, I've tired of this.  I asked a friend,
all Japanese apartment
complexes are called "Mansions"...  Sorta like "Terminal Hotel" 

That's true.  But Maison Ikkoku is "Maison", not "Mansion."

I've *heard* (not sure if this is accurate or not) that "Mezon", the
correct romanized spelling of the word, is a French loanword meaning
mansion or elegant house.  This would make you right, sort of...

Correctly romanized, it's 'Maison'  and it's french, you're right. But it
just means 'house'. So we end up with 'House Ikokku'.

Nothing special, eh?