25Jul2006
Dan Green
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Would You Believe The Orifin Of The Word “Mortgage”?

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Mortgage_reaperI emailed the fabulous Sue Woodard today and asked her about the mysterious omission of the word "mortgage" in her marketing materials.  Sue chooses to say "home loan" instead.

The answer I got was practical and kind of hysterical.

  1. The word "mortgage" is way more likely to get flagged by a spam filter than the phrase "home loan"
  2. The word "mortgage" sounds a whole lot nastier and meaner than "home loan"
  3. The word "mortgage" translates to something awful in Latin

Naturally, I had to source that and found that it is indeed true!  From Seek2Know:

In the word mortgage, the mort- is from the Latin word mori (via old french mort) for death and -gage is from the sense of that word meaning a pledge to forfeit something of value if a debt is not repaid. So mortgage is literally a death pledge.

"Home Loan" it is...! 

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Dan Green (NMLS #227607) is an active loan officer with Waterstone Mortgage. Email Dan ator call 513-443-2020.

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