Re: Re: McMansions (was: Boughten bread)

[Fred Shapiro]

On Wed, 10 Dec 2003 RonButters at AOL.COM wrote:

> But perhaps just as fast food could be thought of as a kind of a cheap
> imitation of "real" food, so are small houses with pillars and porticos a kind of
> cheap imitation of "real" mansions. This would work for the US usage, at any
> rate.

You're right, this is a better explanation than the one I proferred.

Fred Shapiro


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