Glossary entry (derived from question below)
English term or phrase:
paging the palm room of a New York hotel
English answer:
a "palm court" that usually serves as a café/lounge in a large hotel
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Jenni Lukac (X)
Sep 29, 2012 11:49
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English term
paging the palm room of a New York hotel
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"It was only twelve miles to Soledad, but it took me and Liverpool two days to get there. It was banana grove nearly all the way; and we got twisted time and again. It was like paging the palm room of a New York hotel for a man named Smith.
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| 4 +3 | a "palm court" that usually serves as a café/lounge in a large hotel |
Jenni Lukac (X)
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| 4 +1 | paging the lobby area |
Yvonne Gallagher
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a "palm court" that usually serves as a café/lounge in a large hotel
It usually has a skylight to permit the inclusion of live plants - often palms - and serves as a common area for guests to relax and mix.
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Armorel Young
: paging - walking round and round (and round and round) the palm room holding a sign saying "Smith" in the hope of finding him (to give him a message, without disturbing other guests by calling or tannoying for him))
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Exactly. My favorite "palm court" is in the Plaza Hotel in New York. The loveliest place in the city to stop near Christmas.
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Lara Barnett
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Thanks very much, Lara.
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Charles Davis
: Maybe paging was done as Armorel says in smart hotels, but normally it involved calling out the name. If it was a phone call (and hotels had phones by the early 20th century when Henry wrote this), walking round with a sign would have been very slow.
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Thanks, Charles. I believe in the old days in really chic hotels the staff were supposed to be able to identify the guests as hotel stays were longer and people tended to gravitate to the same ones on every trip. That's, of course, ancient history.
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paging the lobby area
I think from my memory this is actually the lobby here
where large palms are judiciously placed
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Note added at 1 hr (2012-09-29 13:07:42 GMT)
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I think the main thing here is that it's a public area with lots of people milling about so trying to find the way through the banana grove is as difficult as finding a Mr Smith (your previous question) in such a busy area of the hotel.
"paging" as Armorel notes above is someone, a bellhop or busboy, usually going around holding up a sign with the name and calling out at same time "Is there a Mr Smith here?".
where large palms are judiciously placed
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Note added at 1 hr (2012-09-29 13:07:42 GMT)
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I think the main thing here is that it's a public area with lots of people milling about so trying to find the way through the banana grove is as difficult as finding a Mr Smith (your previous question) in such a busy area of the hotel.
"paging" as Armorel notes above is someone, a bellhop or busboy, usually going around holding up a sign with the name and calling out at same time "Is there a Mr Smith here?".
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n
(Electronics & Computer Science / Telecommunications)™ a sound-amplifying apparatus used as a public-address system esp in a large building, such as a university
Noun 1. Tannoy - a loudspeaker
tannoy - a loudspeaker
loudspeaker, loudspeaker system, speaker system, speaker unit,
speaker - electro-acoustic transducer that converts electrical signals into sounds loud enough to be heard at a distance
P.A., P.A. system, PA system, public address system, PA - an electronic amplification system used as a communication system in public areas