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   Mignon Fogarty (grammargirl@zirk.us)'s status on Wednesday, 06-Dec-2023 05:04:34 JST Mignon Fogarty

   In this week's Grammar Girl podcast, we learn that "mansion" comes from the French word for "house." It was originally just a regular house, but our tendency to think of French things as fancy led to "mansion" meaning a big, expensive house.

   I also investigate a house-related familect: Why would a mother ask a daughter if a boy at school "gave her any house"?

   PODLINK: https://pod.link/173429229
   YOUTUBE: https://youtu.be/dw-InJtuoOY
   TRANSCRIPT: https://grammar-girl.simplecast.com/episodes/house-mansion/transcript

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