Re: Mouse-trap lift

From	bill van <billvan@delete.shaw.ca>
Newsgroups	alt.usage.english
Subject	Re: Mouse-trap lift
References	(2 earlier) <ddrft7F1i7gU1@mid.individual.net> <7u7h7bpehq11lendvcilp98r7ujfpe7hbg@4ax.com> <uaqdnZfJXLjOT-XLnZ2dnUU7-bOdnZ2d@giganews.com> <ctbishop-1B12C5.20533522122015@news.individual.net> <ddv1rmFs8rdU1@mid.individual.net>
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Date	2015-12-23 10:46 -0800

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In article <ddv1rmFs8rdU1@mid.individual.net>,
 LFS <laura@DRAGONspira.fsbusiness.co.uk> wrote:

> 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...

In leftpondia movie theatres, the lobby is indeed the large space 
between the box office and the actual theatre where one finds washrooms 
and especially, the snack counter. It can be bigger than the theatre 
itself because it has to accommodate long lineups for popcorn and soft 
drinks. Those of us who went to the movies from the late 1950s through 
the next few decades were treated 15 minutes or so before the main 
feature to the immortal animated ditty, "Let's all go to the lobby".

 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vWFX4ylV_ko

At drive-in theatres, the tune was "Let's all go to the snack bar".

I thought the local venue for live opera might use "foyer" for the 
equivalent space, but I've just had a look at the website and it's also 
a lobby.
-- 
bill

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Mouse-trap lift John Ritson <j.ritson@hotmail.co.uk> - 2015-12-15 15:31 +0000
  Re: Mouse-trap lift Horace LaBadie <hlabadie@nospam.com> - 2015-12-15 11:02 -0500
    Re: Mouse-trap lift Horace LaBadie <hlabadie@nospam.com> - 2015-12-15 11:40 -0500
    Re: Mouse-trap lift "Peter Duncanson [BrE]" <mail@peterduncanson.net> - 2015-12-20 00:58 +0000
  Re: Mouse-trap lift "Peter T. Daniels" <grammatim@verizon.net> - 2015-12-15 13:32 -0800
    Re: Mouse-trap lift LFS <laura@DRAGONspira.fsbusiness.co.uk> - 2015-12-20 08:38 +0000
      Re: Mouse-trap lift Whiskers <catwheezel@operamail.com> - 2015-12-20 13:25 +0000
        Re: Mouse-trap lift LFS <laura@DRAGONspira.fsbusiness.co.uk> - 2015-12-20 13:38 +0000
          Re: Mouse-trap lift Whiskers <catwheezel@operamail.com> - 2015-12-20 14:44 +0000
            Re: Mouse-trap lift LFS <laura@DRAGONspira.fsbusiness.co.uk> - 2015-12-20 16:06 +0000
              Re: Mouse-trap lift Whiskers <catwheezel@operamail.com> - 2015-12-20 18:29 +0000
          Re: Mouse-trap lift "John Varela" <newlamps@verizon.net> - 2015-12-20 22:17 +0000
            Re: Mouse-trap lift "Peter Duncanson [BrE]" <mail@peterduncanson.net> - 2015-12-20 23:37 +0000
              Re: Mouse-trap lift "John Varela" <newlamps@verizon.net> - 2015-12-21 21:47 +0000
                Re: Mouse-trap lift richard@cogsci.ed.ac.uk (Richard Tobin) - 2015-12-21 23:08 +0000
                Re: Mouse-trap lift LFS <laura@DRAGONspira.fsbusiness.co.uk> - 2015-12-21 23:22 +0000
                Re: Mouse-trap lift David Kleinecke <dkleinecke@gmail.com> - 2015-12-21 15:57 -0800
                Re: Mouse-trap lift Tony Cooper <tonycooper214@gmail.com> - 2015-12-21 20:09 -0500
                Re: Mouse-trap lift msb@vex.net (Mark Brader) - 2015-12-21 22:32 -0600
                Re: Mouse-trap lift Peter Moylan <peter@pmoylan.org.invalid> - 2015-12-22 16:40 +1100
                Re: Mouse-trap lift Tony Cooper <tonycooper214@gmail.com> - 2015-12-22 08:03 -0500
                Re: Mouse-trap lift "John Varela" <newlamps@verizon.net> - 2015-12-23 02:26 +0000
                Re: Mouse-trap lift Tony Cooper <tonycooper214@gmail.com> - 2015-12-22 23:26 -0500
                Re: Mouse-trap lift "John Varela" <newlamps@verizon.net> - 2015-12-25 18:59 +0000
                Re: Mouse-trap lift Snidely <snidely.too@gmail.com> - 2015-12-28 01:20 -0800
                Re: Mouse-trap lift spuorgelgoog@gowanhill.com - 2015-12-23 14:55 -0800
                Re: Mouse-trap lift charles <charles@candehope.me.uk> - 2015-12-24 08:00 +0000
                Re: Mouse-trap lift "John Varela" <newlamps@verizon.net> - 2015-12-25 18:36 +0000
                Re: Mouse-trap lift Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2015-12-25 23:22 +0000
                Re: Mouse-trap lift charles <charles@candehope.me.uk> - 2015-12-26 10:40 +0000
                Re: Mouse-trap lift Charles Bishop <ctbishop@earthlink.net> - 2015-12-22 20:53 -0800
                Re: Mouse-trap lift LFS <laura@DRAGONspira.fsbusiness.co.uk> - 2015-12-23 07:47 +0000
                Re: Mouse-trap lift "Peter Duncanson [BrE]" <mail@peterduncanson.net> - 2015-12-23 12:54 +0000
                Re: Mouse-trap lift bill van <billvan@delete.shaw.ca> - 2015-12-23 10:46 -0800
                Re: Mouse-trap lift Charles Bishop <ctbishop@earthlink.net> - 2015-12-24 08:40 -0800
                Re: Mouse-trap lift Peter Moylan <peter@pmoylan.org.invalid> - 2015-12-25 11:52 +1100
                Re: Mouse-trap lift bill van <billvan@delete.shaw.ca> - 2015-12-24 23:34 -0800
                Re: Mouse-trap lift Charles Bishop <ctbishop@earthlink.net> - 2015-12-25 07:41 -0800
                Re: Mouse-trap lift "John Varela" <newlamps@verizon.net> - 2015-12-26 22:40 +0000
                Re: Mouse-trap lift Peter Moylan <peter@pmoylan.org.invalid> - 2015-12-28 20:46 +1100
                Re: Mouse-trap lift Charles Bishop <ctbishop@earthlink.net> - 2015-12-29 19:07 -0800
                Re: Mouse-trap lift Will Parsons <varro@nodomain.invalid> - 2015-12-30 03:48 +0000
                Re: Mouse-trap lift Charles Bishop <ctbishop@earthlink.net> - 2015-12-30 10:41 -0800
                Re: Mouse-trap lift Peter Moylan <peter@pmoylan.org.invalid> - 2015-12-30 16:38 +1100
                Re: Mouse-trap lift Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2015-12-30 16:30 +0000
                Re: Mouse-trap lift "Peter Duncanson [BrE]" <mail@peterduncanson.net> - 2015-12-27 13:08 +0000
                Re: Mouse-trap lift Charles Bishop <ctbishop@earthlink.net> - 2015-12-27 07:06 -0800
                Re: Mouse-trap lift "Peter T. Daniels" <grammatim@verizon.net> - 2015-12-21 20:52 -0800
                Re: Mouse-trap lift "Peter T. Daniels" <grammatim@verizon.net> - 2015-12-21 20:47 -0800
                Re: Mouse-trap lift Steve Hayes <hayesstw@telkomsa.net> - 2015-12-22 07:24 +0200
                Re: Mouse-trap lift "Peter Duncanson [BrE]" <mail@peterduncanson.net> - 2015-12-22 10:53 +0000
                Re: Mouse-trap lift charles <charles@candehope.me.uk> - 2015-12-22 11:08 +0000
                Re: Mouse-trap lift "Peter Duncanson [BrE]" <mail@peterduncanson.net> - 2015-12-22 12:31 +0000
                Re: Mouse-trap lift "John Varela" <newlamps@verizon.net> - 2015-12-23 02:31 +0000
                Re: Mouse-trap lift spuorgelgoog@gowanhill.com - 2015-12-23 14:47 -0800
                Re: Mouse-trap lift Robin Bignall <docrobin@ntlworld.com> - 2015-12-23 23:08 +0000
                Re: Mouse-trap lift bill van <billvan@delete.shaw.ca> - 2015-12-23 15:29 -0800
                Re: Mouse-trap lift Tony Cooper <tonycooper214@gmail.com> - 2015-12-23 18:38 -0500
                Re: Mouse-trap lift "Peter T. Daniels" <grammatim@verizon.net> - 2015-12-23 20:14 -0800
                Re: Mouse-trap lift spuorgelgoog@gowanhill.com - 2015-12-25 15:25 -0800
                Re: Mouse-trap lift "John Varela" <newlamps@verizon.net> - 2015-12-25 19:03 +0000
                Re: Mouse-trap lift LFS <laura@DRAGONspira.fsbusiness.co.uk> - 2015-12-25 19:27 +0000
                Re: Mouse-trap lift Tony Cooper <tonycooper214@gmail.com> - 2015-12-25 14:34 -0500
                Re: Mouse-trap lift Jerry Friedman <jerry_friedman@yahoo.com> - 2015-12-25 11:43 -0800
                Re: Mouse-trap lift Tony Cooper <tonycooper214@gmail.com> - 2015-12-25 19:30 -0500
                Re: Mouse-trap lift Jerry Friedman <jerry_friedman@yahoo.com> - 2015-12-27 19:39 -0800
                Re: Mouse-trap lift Snidely <snidely.too@gmail.com> - 2015-12-28 01:32 -0800
                Re: Mouse-trap lift "John Varela" <newlamps@verizon.net> - 2015-12-28 21:49 +0000
                Re: Mouse-trap lift "Peter Duncanson [BrE]" <mail@peterduncanson.net> - 2015-12-29 12:24 +0000
                Re: Mouse-trap lift spuorgelgoog@gowanhill.com - 2015-12-25 15:23 -0800
                Re: Mouse-trap lift Janet <nobody@home.org> - 2015-12-26 01:07 +0000
                Re: Mouse-trap lift Tony Cooper <tonycooper214@gmail.com> - 2015-12-25 20:38 -0500
                Re: Mouse-trap lift "John Varela" <newlamps@verizon.net> - 2015-12-26 22:57 +0000
                Re: Mouse-trap lift Tony Cooper <tonycooper214@gmail.com> - 2015-12-26 18:11 -0500
                Re: Mouse-trap lift GordonD <g.davie@btinternet.com> - 2015-12-27 11:02 +0000
                Re: Mouse-trap lift bill van <billvan@delete.shaw.ca> - 2015-12-27 11:55 -0800
                Re: Mouse-trap lift Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2015-12-26 04:28 +0000
                Re: Mouse-trap lift RH Draney <dadoctah@cox.net> - 2015-12-25 19:34 -0700
                Re: Mouse-trap lift Charles Bishop <ctbishop@earthlink.net> - 2015-12-26 09:49 -0800
                Re: Mouse-trap lift Athel Cornish-Bowden <acornish@imm.cnrs.fr> - 2015-12-27 12:34 +0100
                Re: Mouse-trap lift Katy Jennison <katy@spamtrap.kjennison.com> - 2015-12-21 23:55 +0000
                Re: Mouse-trap lift John Ritson <j.ritson@hotmail.co.uk> - 2015-12-22 09:25 +0000
                Re: Mouse-trap lift Steve Hayes <hayesstw@telkomsa.net> - 2015-12-22 11:47 +0200
                Re: Mouse-trap lift RH Draney <dadoctah@cox.net> - 2015-12-22 03:00 -0700
                Re: Mouse-trap lift Katy Jennison <katy@spamtrap.kjennison.com> - 2015-12-22 12:13 +0000
        Re: Mouse-trap lift Rich Ulrich <rich.ulrich@comcast.net> - 2015-12-20 13:23 -0500
          Re: Mouse-trap lift Whiskers <catwheezel@operamail.com> - 2015-12-20 18:48 +0000
        Re: Mouse-trap lift Peter Moylan <peter@pmoylan.org.invalid> - 2015-12-21 09:01 +1100
          Re: Mouse-trap lift Whiskers <catwheezel@operamail.com> - 2015-12-20 23:06 +0000
      Re: Mouse-trap lift "John Varela" <newlamps@verizon.net> - 2015-12-20 22:12 +0000
        Re: Mouse-trap lift msb@vex.net (Mark Brader) - 2015-12-21 02:32 -0600
  Re: Mouse-trap lift Steve Hayes <hayesstw@telkomsa.net> - 2015-12-16 08:06 +0200

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