Antedating of "Motel"
Shapiro, Fred
fred.shapiro at YALE.EDU
Mon Nov 28 21:09:27 UTC 2011
Sam,
Sorry that I forgot about your earlier posting.
Fred Shapiro
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From: sclements at neo.rr.com [sclements at neo.rr.com]
Sent: Sunday, November 27, 2011 8:43 AM
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Cc: Shapiro, Fred
Subject: Re: Antedating of "Motel"
I noted this back in 2006 in a message sent to the list.
Sam Clements
---- "Shapiro wrote:
> motel (OED3 1925 Mar.)
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> 1925 _L.A. Times_ 18 Jan. B7 (ProQuest Historical Newspapers) The word "Motel," which has been copyrighted, means motor hotels.
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> Fred Shapiro
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