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To: ovrtaxt

Do you know the derivation of term Real Estate? It’s from spanish for the King’s Land...


14 posted on 01/09/2008 4:13:03 AM PST by databoss
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To: databoss

I didn’t know that, and I always wondered about that term.

Human nture is an amazing thing, how people are so afraid of freedom, how we always want a king, how easily we subjugate ourselves...


17 posted on 01/09/2008 4:15:41 AM PST by ovrtaxt (People seemed to be content, $50 paid the rent, FREAKS WERE IN A CIRCUS TENT, Those were the days.)
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To: databoss

Spanish or old Norman French?


38 posted on 01/09/2008 5:27:23 AM PST by DeaconBenjamin
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