Curious Canid to [email protected]English • 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-square22fedilinkarrow-up166
arrow-up166message-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 [email protected]English • 4 days agomessage-square22fedilink
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink11•4 days agoAnd before horses they were called “wotels” because you walked to them.
minus-squareCurious CanidOPlinkfedilinkEnglish1•4 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.