The eternal debate
I enjoyed Matthew Hague’s story “A Deeper, Longer Breath” (Oct ’21), but I am curious as to why he referred to his cottage as a cabin, especially since it is located in the Laurentians where we are also fortunate enough to own a cottage. My experience tells me that the word cabin is a Western Canadian term for the cottage.—Bob Mady, Laurentians, Que.
Matthew says: “I call our little dwelling the cabin because that’s what my grandfather, who built the structure, called it. To me, the word cottage connotes something bigger. I sort of feel pretentious if I tell someone I own a cottage because shouldn’t a cottage be larger than 300 square feet? If I’m speaking French,
