Dear listers, I'm sorry if this is a duplicate request, but the computer just gave me an "oops" on my last message. Must be due to the ice storm we've been deluged with here. We have a question about what a term means -- or rather, what it meant in Scotland in the 1880s. An ancestor worked in several big "hotels" in Oban, and was well known in town. An Australian rellie thinks this means pubs or inns, where whisky would be sold. In the US a hotel is a place to stay overnight or longer, and doesn't necessarily have any eating or drinking establishments on the premises. But what were the nuances of the term in Scotland in the nineteenth century? This ancestor, mind you, worked at Temperance hotels, and was married in the Temperance hotel in Perth. Please help us with some clues! Sheila in Missouri