Curious Canid@lemmy.ca to Showerthoughts@lemmy.worldEnglish · 4 months agoThe "m" in motel refers to a motorcar. The "h" in hotel, an older term, is presumably a reference to a horse.message-squaremessage-square20fedilinkarrow-up167arrow-down133
arrow-up134arrow-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@lemmy.ca to Showerthoughts@lemmy.worldEnglish · 4 months agomessage-square20fedilink
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minus-squareCurious Canid@lemmy.caOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·4 months agoThat makes perfect sense. :-) Language is just a consensus. If enough people agree about how it works, then that’s how it works.
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That makes perfect sense. :-)
Language is just a consensus. If enough people agree about how it works, then that’s how it works.