Is 'self-catering' used in American English?

[Englishuser]

Hi,

Do you think these sentences are strange:

[Alan]

Yes.
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[Englishuser]

Hi Alan,

I suppose we will have to consult David Crystal...

All the best

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[Yankee]

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Alan, was your "Yes" doing double duty as a response to both of the questions preceding it?
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[Alan]

I think I'll go and cut the grass. This is all getting too complicated for me. All I know is that 'self-catering' means catering for yourself, 'self-supporting' means supporting yourself and self-regulating means regulating itself. In the words of my favourite English poet, John Keats:

[Yankee]

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Since you were the one who brought up self-service, I thought you might have been suggesting that the expression is used in connection with rentals. Of course, there's also the word self-serving, but that normally wouldn't have anything to do with rental apartments (or telephones either). :wink:
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[Jamie (K)]

[Yankee]

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Thanks, Jamie. I can't remember having seen it used that particular way myself, but I suppose if I saw it in that context, that's exactly what I'd understand.
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