Anonymous  +  509200 Sun, 04 May 08 07:15 AM Hello, I'd like to ask you whether there is a phrase in English (British or American) "American kitchen". Here in Hungary American kitchen is used for a room which is a kitchen and a living room together. If there isn't, what is this kind of room called? Anonymous

	Mister Micawber  +  509270 Sun, 04 May 08 09:53 AM . As a poorly-traveled American, of course, I have never heard of an 'American kitchen'.  If the kitchen were combined with the living room, the tenant would likely be living in nothing more than a studio apartment, but housing which combines kitchen and dining room is common enough, and this is often called a dining kitchen or dining/kitchen. Mister Micawber Joined on Wed, Aug 4 2004 Yokohama Veteran Member 30,802 'The question is,' said Humpty Dumpty, 'which is to be master-- that's all.'