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| From | LFS <laura@DRAGONspira.fsbusiness.co.uk> |
|---|---|
| Newsgroups | alt.usage.english |
| Subject | Re: Mouse-trap lift |
| Date | 2015-12-23 07:47 +0000 |
| Message-ID | <ddv1rmFs8rdU1@mid.individual.net> (permalink) |
| References | (1 earlier) <n5a0qb$1npf$1@macpro.inf.ed.ac.uk> <ddrft7F1i7gU1@mid.individual.net> <7u7h7bpehq11lendvcilp98r7ujfpe7hbg@4ax.com> <uaqdnZfJXLjOT-XLnZ2dnUU7-bOdnZ2d@giganews.com> <ctbishop-1B12C5.20533522122015@news.individual.net> |
On 23/12/2015 04:53, Charles Bishop wrote: > In article <uaqdnZfJXLjOT-XLnZ2dnUU7-bOdnZ2d@giganews.com>, > msb@vex.net (Mark Brader) wrote: > >> Laura Spira: >>>> I think that the entrance of a hotel may lead to a lobby or a foyer, or >>>> it may just be referred to as Reception. I've heard lobby more often in >>>> the US. >> >> To me, "reception" or simply "the front desk" is where you go to check >> in, check out (in hotels where this isn't automatic), and make payments. >> In smaller hotels this is also where you go to (or phone) to report >> problems or ask for local advice; larger ones may have a separate >> "concierge" desk for that for of thing. >> >> A hotel "lobby" is an open area with seats, like a waiting room. >> It is typically adjacent to the front desk but doesn't have to be. >> Houses don't have lobbies in my usage. >> >>>> Foyer sounds bigger and more impressive. Perhaps I have that impression >>>> because in some parts of the UK people refer to the hallway of their >>>> house as the lobby: I've never heard anyone call that a foyer. >> >> I don't usually use "foyer" at all, but I associate it with buildings >> like theaters, where it would mean the public area that you enter the >> actual theater (auditorium) from. > > Hmm. In all the theatres I worked, the lobby is the very large and > impressive (back in the day) area just beyond the entry doors and before > you enter the theater. > An area I have always known in BrE as the foyer... -- Laura (emulate St George for email)
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Re: Mouse-trap lift Peter Moylan <peter@pmoylan.org.invalid> - 2015-12-21 09:01 +1100
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