Glossary entry (derived from question below)
English term or phrase:
communicative street
English answer:
A location which is well-connected in terms of walking, road, and public transport
English term
communicative street
http://www.imotibg.com/en/bulgarian-property/apartments-2-be...
How would you define "communicative street" in this context?
Dec 24, 2008 06:22: Egil Presttun changed "Language pair" from "English to Norwegian" to "English"
Jan 3, 2009 09:13: Peter Skipp Created KOG entry
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Bulgaria
Your bilingual wordsmith
Native in: Bulgarian 
, English (Variant: UK)
Works in: English to Bulgarian, Bulgarian to English, English, and 1 more.
A location which is well-connected in terms of walking, road, and public transport
Example: "2BRS apartment in a new three-storey building with amazing architectural and interior performance and most communicative location."
Malinova Dolina is favored not only for its communicative location, the quick and easy access to the central part of Sofia, but also for construction of small 3-4 storey buildings with planted yards and controlled access.
apartment in a new and modern building, communicative location, quiet region The building is situated in Studentski grad quarter, very near to the Winter palace of Sport on a place with many...
http://skybgproperties.com/-act-property-id-12188124469596.html
http://www.bulgarianrealestates.net/en/properties/about-238.html
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Tony M
: Yes, well spotted; I feel sure you're right, and indeed, this was my first instinctive thought; clearly a mis-use of the EN term
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Ken Cox
: not to be confused with a forthcoming street... ;-)
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B D Finch
: Probably a better guess than a street that just won't stop yapping. Is Bulgish the new Franglais?
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Thank you, though I assure you it is no guess! Yes, Bulgish is a fun non-native English dialect much practised in Bulgaria...
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Polangmar
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Thank you!
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friendly neighbors
This is a complete guess: quiet, but not lonely - the neighbors are communicative (watch out for each other.) As opposed to, quiet, and you never see anyone around . . . HTH
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Tony M
: Yes, I hadn't noticed it was a BG site, which explains everything!
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Thank you, Tony ~ 'communicative street' is an unusual description for real estate . . . it causes one to pause and wonder!
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David Moore (X)
: Too right it does; but I'd incline to this one...
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Thank you, David. Peter's 'komunikitivno' makes sense, though the 'gated' and 'closed' has often translated into 'private' and 'frosty', referring to the neighbors!
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