Comments on: Email rant: “It’s not buying a home” http://www.iwillteachyoutoberich.com/blog/email-rant-its-not-buying-a-home/ Personal finance blog for college students, recent graduates and everyone else -- including entrepreneurship -- for getting rich. Featured in the Wall Street Journal and New York Times. Sun, 21 Mar 2010 11:47:10 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc hourly 1 By: Создание сайтов Сочи http://www.iwillteachyoutoberich.com/blog/email-rant-its-not-buying-a-home/comment-page-1/#comment-96425 Создание сайтов Сочи Wed, 29 Apr 2009 05:45:45 +0000 http://www.iwillteachyoutoberich.com/blog/email-rant-its-not-buying-a-home#comment-96425 Totally agree with you and JRK. In Russian (as well as any other language I suppose) you can't buy a home too, although 1 word is used for both home and house but everyone understands. Totally agree with you and JRK. In Russian (as well as any other language I suppose) you can’t buy a home too, although 1 word is used for both home and house but everyone understands.

]]> By: jon http://www.iwillteachyoutoberich.com/blog/email-rant-its-not-buying-a-home/comment-page-1/#comment-265 jon Wed, 19 Oct 2005 20:16:02 +0000 http://www.iwillteachyoutoberich.com/blog/email-rant-its-not-buying-a-home#comment-265 This is debating minutiae which you talk about in: "We love to debate minutiae" See? You and your friend are guilty of it as well. This is debating minutiae which you talk about in: “We love to debate minutiae”

See? You and your friend are guilty of it as well.

]]> By: Jerry Kindall http://www.iwillteachyoutoberich.com/blog/email-rant-its-not-buying-a-home/comment-page-1/#comment-264 Jerry Kindall Fri, 29 Jul 2005 01:17:24 +0000 http://www.iwillteachyoutoberich.com/blog/email-rant-its-not-buying-a-home#comment-264 A more generic term than "house" was needed; the word "home" was pressed into service. When I say I am going to "buy a home" I do not necessarily mean I am buying a house, it means I am undecided as to whether I want a condo or a townhome, or a duplex, or a single-family dwelling, or even a mobile home. Similarly with "I am a homeowner" -- it's the ownership that is important, not the precise configuration of the building I live in.<br /> Everyone understands this secondary meaning of the term and it doesn't confuse anyone into thinking they are actually buying some warm and fuzzy abstraction.<br /> I guess I could say "I'm going to buy a dwelling" or "I'm a residence-owner" or "I'd like to buy some domicile insurance," but I think those sound pretty dorky. If this usage of "home" weren't useful, people wouldn't be using it. I commend the enthusiasm, however, and wish you luck -- I'm afraid you're going to need it. A more generic term than “house” was needed; the word “home” was pressed into service. When I say I am going to “buy a home” I do not necessarily mean I am buying a house, it means I am undecided as to whether I want a condo or a townhome, or a duplex, or a single-family dwelling, or even a mobile home. Similarly with “I am a homeowner” — it’s the ownership that is important, not the precise configuration of the building I live in.
Everyone understands this secondary meaning of the term and it doesn’t confuse anyone into thinking they are actually buying some warm and fuzzy abstraction.
I guess I could say “I’m going to buy a dwelling” or “I’m a residence-owner” or “I’d like to buy some domicile insurance,” but I think those sound pretty dorky. If this usage of “home” weren’t useful, people wouldn’t be using it. I commend the enthusiasm, however, and wish you luck — I’m afraid you’re going to need it.

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