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To: Jim Willie CB who wrote (40775)8/31/2001 10:37:39 AM
From: Jim Willie CB  Read Replies (2) of 65232
 
why Real Estate is so named

originally in England the Lords allowed parcels of land to be sold off to the commoners

they were royal estates
French: "royal" equals "real" (with an accent aigu over e)
as in Montreal = royal mountain
/ jim
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