Sunday, July 13, 2008

"Getting" a mortgage

From this AP story: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/25665655/

"And, for consumers already squeezed by tightening credit standards, it could mean getting a mortgage will become even harder." [Emphasis mine.]

Speaking of mortgages as something one just goes out and "gets" reduces the notion of potentially lifelong indebtedness to the moral weight of a burger. Gonna "get" me a burger. Gonna "get" me a mortgage.

Language matters.

A 30 year loan should be hard to "get."

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