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Showerthoughts

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The "m" in motel refers to a motorcar. The "h" in hotel, an older term, is presumably a reference to a horse. (lemmy.ca)
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[–] Curious_Canid@lemmy.ca 1 points 4 days ago

That makes perfect sense. :-)

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