So you want an original discussion

Many hospitals are still called "Hôtel-Dieu" in France = "God's hotel". When they were founded, they were made for poor people, and this name was a symbol of charity and hospitality.

I love the German words for hospital and ambulance - krankenhaus and krankenwagen. I also love how lots of words have 'fart' in them - ausfart for exit, and roundfart for roundabout. Do you think it's because the Germans eat so much meat that they have so many 'farts?' Is that an original response, do you think? I think when people ask for original discussions, they actually mean they don't want to see dozens of discussions on the same topic. Recently, that would mean the Aurora shootings, but when celebrities die, there are a raft of discussions. It's as if everyone has the same idea at the same time, and instead of checking existing discussions, they just pitch in.

Ya know, when my mother fell and sprained her ankle in New Orleans, the bar called a taxi for us to take her to the hospital... and, being how we were very close to the French Quarter, they took us to a hospital that did have linens with "Hotel" on them... that was quite some time ago...

We say hospital as Haspatal. 'Has' means duck. But hospital is not the dwelling place of ducks. A word has different meanings in different places. But what your friend mean to say 'original' discussion ? There is no original. Every thing of the world is always changing. No original form remains.

It is hard to find something original that will appeal to the masses and get us lots of responses, therefore earning us lots of cash! If we post something original, we do seem to attract less responders, well I do anyway. Most of my discussions seem to fall into a niche where I get few responses. Whenever I post something a bit lighter that does not require much thought, I get more responses. But then I find it difficult to come up with original replies to those short responses. Have I rambled on long enough to earn my few cents of originality yet?

When I hear the word "hostel", I actually think "hostile", and it does not really make me want to go to a place like that. Then again, I think that "Hospice" is anther place that has taken its name from "hospitable", and I really do not want to go there, either. Do not misunderstand me, though, I actually think that the "Hospice" is a wonderful thing, and they were the only ones that told us the truth when my sister was dying - I just don't really want to be in a position to ever need their services again.

Yes, often times there will be a lot of different meanings for one word, or a series of words, and many times it really depends on where the person is from as well. I do think that it is interesting when you start asking questions in here or talking about different things all the creative interactions, and many times something you may have never considered as well.

I think there are not lots of good discussions coming now a days, but I think most probably it will come. It is also good to respond to good discussions. I think we should try to bring back the old good discussions by commenting on them. I am also trying to respond and comment to old discussions now a days.

The Polish word for hospital is szpital... I guess they do a lot of szpitting there.

I only respond to original discussions. :D

Germans do like to use phrases as singular words, don't they? Such as "bushaltestelle" (SP?) for bus stop (literally, bus stop place). I've also wondered if hostile has origins in the same root word, especially since it is often homophonic to hostel here in the US. I've always found it interesting that on your side of the pond, you'll say "in hospital" while we here say "in THE hospital". I wonder why we added the article (or is it that you all dropped it?) As for what we might have called a hostel, I think back in the early 20th century, perhaps earlier, they called them "flop houses" or "rooming houses" - someplace one would go for a bath and sleeping for cheap. Obviously, hotels were inns way back, but possibly also sleeping accommodations. At one time, a hotel's purpose was to provide rest for a traveler who had no plans of staying in that location more than a night since their destination was farther along the road. Now, we book rooms as our final destination for tourism, which didn't exist previously, wanting the hotels to be as much a part of the entertainment as the rest of the region being visited. Another thought....I'm betting that "host" is also associated with the root word.

Before surgery became so commonly done, probably most wealthy patients were cared for in their homes, or as a guest at the doctor's home. It was the less fortunate who had to go to the doctor for treatment, since doctors would not go to them. Since the word origins is middle English (1250-1300), and you live somewhere in the middle of England, I'll let you come up with suitable replacements.

I will start now original discussion and I hope nobody can start this type of funny discussions. Wait and I will complete your friend wish original discussion.

I know one other language that call a Hospital the "sick house"; Indonesian term is Rumah=house Sakit=sick

guess it all depends on what original means to you..