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<blockquote style="position: relative; padding-left: 55px;"><section><a href="https://zirk.us/users/grammargirl/statuses/111529362002306112">Mignon Fogarty (grammargirl@zirk.us)'s status on Wednesday, 06-Dec-2023 05:04:34 JST</a><a href="https://zirk.us/@grammargirl" title="grammargirl@zirk.us"><img src="https://gnusocial.jp/avatar/85932-48-20231024091441.webp" width="48" height="48" alt="Mignon Fogarty" style="position: absolute; left: 0; top: 0;">Mignon Fogarty</a></section><article><p>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.</p><p>I also investigate a house-related familect: Why would a mother ask a daughter if a boy at school "gave her any house"?</p><p>PODLINK: <a href="https://pod.link/173429229" rel="nofollow noreferrer">https://pod.link/173429229</a>  <br>YOUTUBE: <a href="https://youtu.be/dw-InJtuoOY" rel="nofollow noreferrer">https://youtu.be/dw-InJtuoOY</a><br>TRANSCRIPT: <a href="https://grammar-girl.simplecast.com/episodes/house-mansion/transcript" rel="nofollow noreferrer">https://grammar-girl.simplecast.com/episodes/house-mansion/transcript</a></p><p><a href="https://zirk.us/tags/GrammarGirl" rel="tag">#GrammarGirl</a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/podcast" rel="tag">#podcast</a></p></article><footer><a rel="bookmark" href="https://gnusocial.jp/conversation/2417361#notice-4777796">In conversation</a><time datetime="2023-12-06T05:04:34+09:00" title="Wednesday, 06-Dec-2023 05:04:34 JST">about a year ago</time> <span>from <span><a href="https://zirk.us/@grammargirl/111529362002306112" rel="external" title="Sent from zirk.us via ActivityPub">zirk.us</a></span></span><a href="https://zirk.us/@grammargirl/111529362002306112">permalink</a><h4>Attachments</h4><ol><li><label><a rel="external" href="https://gnusocial.jp/attachment/1925301">A photo of a oldish stone mansion with grand steps and an elaborate roofline. The text reads "House or Mansion? 957 Grammar Girl Podcast. Apple Podcasts. Spotify. TuneIn. Castbox. Overcast."</a></label><br><a href="https://cdn.masto.host/zirkus/media_attachments/files/111/529/348/770/660/107/original/1038bfce65e3e65b.png" rel="external">https://cdn.masto.host/zirkus/media_attachments/files/111/529/348/770/660/107/original/1038bfce65e3e65b.png</a></li><li><label><a rel="external" href="https://gnusocial.jp/attachment/1925303">Untitled attachment</a></label><br></li><li><article><header><img height="128" width="128" src="https://gnusocial.jp/thumbnail/1925304?w=128&amp;h=128"><h5><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dw-InJtuoOY&amp;feature=youtu.be">When does a house become a mansion? Giving someone house. 957 Grammar Girl podcast.</a></h5><div> from <span>Grammar Girl</span></div></header><div>GG 957. We trace the linguistic history behind "house" and "mansion" to uncover how these two humble words for dwellings grew apart, with "mansion" gaining a...</div><footer></footer></article></li><li><article><header><div>No result found on File_thumbnail lookup.</div><h5><a href="https://grammar-girl.simplecast.com/episodes/house-mansion/transcript#GrammarGirl">https://grammar-girl.simplecast.com/episodes/house-mansion/transcript</a></h5><div></div></header><div></div><footer></footer></article></li></ol></footer></blockquote>