Sat1 Posted August 25, 2014 #1 Share Posted August 25, 2014 In a hotel, or at home, just room, so why on ships, are they called state rooms? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clarea Posted August 25, 2014 #2 Share Posted August 25, 2014 Tradition. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
killtheump Posted August 25, 2014 #3 Share Posted August 25, 2014 Also http://www.google.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ehfl Posted August 25, 2014 #4 Share Posted August 25, 2014 They used to be called "Bob" but that was confusing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leaveitallbehind Posted August 25, 2014 #5 Share Posted August 25, 2014 (edited) Also http://www.google.com ...or just follow this link: http://lmgtfy.com/?q=why+are+the+rooms+on+cruise+ships+called+staterooms Edited August 25, 2014 by leaveitallbehind Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Katie H Posted August 25, 2014 #6 Share Posted August 25, 2014 DH says we have had some cabins so small that they should be called County Rooms :p. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ehfl Posted August 25, 2014 #7 Share Posted August 25, 2014 Also: It's not a kitchen, but a galley. You go below (not down below). It's bow and stern, not front and back. It's the head, not the bathroom. You take the companionway, not the stairs. Ships have no ropes, only lines or hawsers. You don't put your things away, you stow them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stageman Posted August 25, 2014 #8 Share Posted August 25, 2014 Because they are usually left in a state until the attendant turns up! :D But seriously, I believe it's because on old steamships the rooms were named after US States and it stuck. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leaveitallbehind Posted August 25, 2014 #9 Share Posted August 25, 2014 Also http://www.google.com Come to think of it - and I know you would know for sure - I believe I heard somewhere that rooms that have a green safe are just called "cabins", but rooms that have a blue safe are the ones called "staterooms". :D;) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
killtheump Posted August 25, 2014 #10 Share Posted August 25, 2014 Come to think of it - and I know you would know for sure - I believe I heard somewhere that rooms that have a green safe are just called "cabins", but rooms that have a blue safe are the ones called "staterooms". :D;) I just fell off my chair! :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FLACRUISER99 Posted August 25, 2014 #11 Share Posted August 25, 2014 They are called Staterooms because the old Mississippi riverboats did not have numbers for their rooms. All rooms were named for different states and the term staterooms was coined and it stuck. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
killtheump Posted August 25, 2014 #12 Share Posted August 25, 2014 They are called Staterooms because the old Mississippi riverboats did not have numbers for their rooms. All rooms were named for different states and the term staterooms was coined and it stuck. Bingo we have a winner! You must watch the History Channel also! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FLACRUISER99 Posted August 25, 2014 #13 Share Posted August 25, 2014 Bingo we have a winner! You must watch the History Channel also!Yup! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlanFromFL Posted August 25, 2014 #14 Share Posted August 25, 2014 Because "State Broom Closet" doesn't have the same panache. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sat1 Posted August 25, 2014 Author #15 Share Posted August 25, 2014 Also www.google.com Yes, I could have, but my post was to solicit different answers, it did. Thanks to y'all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leaveitallbehind Posted August 25, 2014 #16 Share Posted August 25, 2014 Yes, I could have, but my post was to solicit different answers, it did. Thanks to y'all. ...and we had some fun doing it as well. :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
packedandready Posted August 25, 2014 #17 Share Posted August 25, 2014 OK...so where did cabin come from? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SinbadThePorter Posted August 25, 2014 #18 Share Posted August 25, 2014 Cabins are called staterooms for marketing reasons. Originally a stateroom denoted a first class cabin. In aristocratic houses of the 19th Century the largest and best furnished room was often called the state room. When ships began trying to attract high paying passengers with luxurious cabins, those cabins were also called staterooms to attract the sort of people who lived in such houses. Over time, as all cabins became more luxurious they all came to be called staterooms. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dacsmom Posted August 25, 2014 #19 Share Posted August 25, 2014 They are called Staterooms because the old Mississippi riverboats did not have numbers for their rooms. All rooms were named for different states and the term staterooms was coined and it stuck. What a neat bit of trivia, thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leaveitallbehind Posted August 26, 2014 #20 Share Posted August 26, 2014 Cabins are called staterooms for marketing reasons. Originally a stateroom denoted a first class cabin. In aristocratic houses of the 19th Century the largest and best furnished room was often called the state room. When ships began trying to attract high paying passengers with luxurious cabins, those cabins were also called staterooms to attract the sort of people who lived in such houses. Over time, as all cabins became more luxurious they all came to be called staterooms. ....looks like you followed my link! :D:D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SinbadThePorter Posted August 26, 2014 #21 Share Posted August 26, 2014 ....looks like you followed my link! :D:D Nope, Wikipediaed it instead.:rolleyes: I did already know that staterooms used to be first class cabins. I think I may have got that from old movies about the Titanic. Also, staterooms in houses were so named because visitors were received in the room in state, i.e. formally. I threw my two cents in because I couldn't stand to let stand the idea that staterooms were originally named after US states.:eek: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JimAOk1945 Posted August 26, 2014 #22 Share Posted August 26, 2014 This thread is fun and interesting. Thanks to the OP for starting it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dancinman66 Posted August 26, 2014 #23 Share Posted August 26, 2014 Because they are usually left in a state until the attendant turns up! :D But seriously, I believe it's because on old steamships the rooms were named after US States and it stuck. Love your answer This is a fun thread Sent from my iPhone using Forums Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MandD Posted August 26, 2014 #24 Share Posted August 26, 2014 According to the Oxford English Dictionary-- 1. A captain's or superior officer's cabin on board a ship. Also: the largest cabin on a private yacht, etc., intended for the owner's use. 2. A large, typically lavishly decorated room in a palace, hotel, etc., used on ceremonial or formal occasions. 3. Chiefly U.S. A cabin providing sleeping accommodation on a passenger ship. (first found in print in 1754) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CaveDiving Posted August 26, 2014 #25 Share Posted August 26, 2014 Also:It's not a kitchen, but a galley. You go below (not down below). It's bow and stern, not front and back. It's the head, not the bathroom. You take the companionway, not the stairs. Ships have no ropes, only lines or hawsers. You don't put your things away, you stow them. ...You mean it's not the pointy end and the rounded end? Scott & Karen Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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