There
is no hard and fast rule differentiating motels from other
hotels, although a motel is clearly suggesting that it is
aimed at motorists. This may simply mean that it is a hotel
with good access to the road network (on a motorway or ring
road) so that a long car journey need not be interrupted for
long by town-centre traffic. In other cases the designation
is simply an attempt to make the most of a poor location inconvenient
for town-centre services and attractions.
Classically, though, a motel
is a hotel which is made convenient for people who, for whatever
personal reason, wish to be able to have quick access from
the outside world (especially from their parked car) to the
hotel room - without passing the scrutiny of a receptionist
or fellow guests. This is usually arranged by having rooms
(sometimes in individual chalets or even trailers) arranged
around the car park with room doors opening directly to the
outside rather than to an internal corridor.
In Australia, the word may also
refer to a pub or bar. In the UK similarly, many pubs with
"hotel" in their name do not offer accommodation
or even food. In India, the word may also refer to a restaurant
since the best restaurants were always situated next to a
good hotel.
Kudos, from the Greek
(literally "that which is heard of") means fame
and renown resulting from an act or achievement; by extension
is often used as a praising remark. It entered English as
British university slang in the early 1800s. Frequently used
by Time magazine,it came to Africa in the 1920s and 1930s.
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