Curious Canid to Showerthoughts@lemmy.worldEnglish · 4 days agoThe "m" in motel refers to a motorcar. The "h" in hotel, an older term, is presumably a reference to a horse.message-squaremessage-square22fedilinkarrow-up166arrow-down133
arrow-up133arrow-down1message-squareThe "m" in motel refers to a motorcar. The "h" in hotel, an older term, is presumably a reference to a horse.Curious Canid to Showerthoughts@lemmy.worldEnglish · 4 days agomessage-square22fedilink
minus-squareBallsandBayonets@lemmings.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up11·4 days agoAnd before horses they were called “wotels” because you walked to them.
minus-squareCurious CanidOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·3 days agoThat makes perfect sense. :-) Language is just a consensus. If enough people agree about how it works, then that’s how it works.
And before horses they were called “wotels” because you walked to them.
That makes perfect sense. :-)
Language is just a consensus. If enough people agree about how it works, then that’s how it works.