Happy National Grammar Day!

You get another bonus episode because today March 4th is National Grammar Day.

And because when I was researching the phrase cash money, it turned out that it's cool enough

to make a whole show about it.

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There are only four days left, so don't forget.

I first heard the phrase cash money after I moved to Reno, Nevada.

And I thought it might be a casino thing, because I always heard it during drawings when

I would go to a certain casino for lunch.

The announcer had a lot of time to fill, so he'd go on and on, saying things like who wants

to win the cash money, and we're giving away cash money every three minutes, and so on.

It sounded odd to me, because what other kind of cash is there?

It seems redundant, but then last week I heard it on the Planet Money Podcast, so I knew

there must be a bigger story.

My first thought was that it might be regional, so I posted a question on the Grammar Girl

Facebook page, asking people to tell me if they hear the phrase cash money, and if they

do to tell me where they live.

This is, of course, a non-scientific survey, but it suggests that whether you use cash

money is related to your culture, your region, and your age.

The most interesting thing to me was watching people interact on the Facebook comments, because

some of the first people to comment were certain it comes from rap music or hip-hop culture,

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