Curious Canid to Showerthoughts@lemmy.worldEnglish • 11 days agoThe "m" in motel refers to a motorcar. The "h" in hotel, an older term, is presumably a reference to a horse.message-square22fedilinkarrow-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 to Showerthoughts@lemmy.worldEnglish • 11 days agomessage-square22fedilink
minus-square@BallsandBayonetslink11•11 days agoAnd before horses they were called “wotels” because you walked to them.
minus-squareCurious CanidOPlinkfedilinkEnglish1•11 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.