759 - What Does ‛Mardi Gras’ Mean? "Drive to Work" Versus "Drive Home"

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Mignon Fogarty, Inc.

Society & Culture, Education

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🗓️ 20 February 2020

⏱️ 9 minutes

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It’s the end of February, which means Mardi Gras is almost here! When we think of Mardi Gras, we picture parties, parades, and beads. But did you ever wonder what “Mardi Gras” means? Also, we answer a questions about why we need the "to" in "drive to work" but not in "drive home." LINKS AND SPONSORS | Learn how you can get my LinkedIn Learning course free: https://t.co/coQuXJRtrT | GRAMMAR GIRL EMAIL NEWSLETTER | https://www.quickanddirtytips.com/newsletters | GRAMMAR POP iOS GAME | Optimized for iPad: http://bit.ly/iPadGrammarPop | For iPad and iPhone: http://bit.ly/GrammarPopMobile | PEEVE WARS CARD GAME | https://www.thegamecrafter.com/games/grammar-girl-s-peeve-wars | GRAMMAR GIRL BOOKS | http://bit.ly/GrammarPopBooks | HOST: Mignon Fogarty | GRAMMAR GIRL IS PART OF THE QUICK AND DIRTY TIPS PODCAST NETWORK | VOICEMAIL: 833-214-GIRL (833-214-4475)

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0:00.0	I'm a young Fogarty and you can think of me as your friendly guide to the English language,
0:10.4	writing history, rules and cool stuff.
0:13.3	Today I have a segment about the origin of Marty Grah or Carnival, another segment about
0:18.9	why we drive home but drive to work, why that too is in there, and a family-like story
0:26.3	about medium birds.
0:28.4	Let's get started.
0:30.4	It's the end of February, which means Marty Grah is almost here.
0:36.8	When we think of Marty Grah, we picture parties, parades and beads.
0:41.7	But did you ever wonder what Marty Grah means?
0:44.5	Well, the first thing to know about Marty Grah is that it kicks off the Christian season
0:49.2	of Lent.
0:50.2	That's the time when people prepare for Easter, the holiday that celebrates the resurrection
0:55.6	of Christ.
0:57.2	In Western churches, Lent begins six and a half weeks before Easter on what's known
1:01.9	as Ash Wednesday.
1:04.3	On this solemn day, Christians are asked to reflect on their mortality and their need
1:09.2	to reconcile with God.
1:11.5	They're also asked to begin fasting and to fast for the next 40 days.
1:16.8	Nowadays that might mean giving up wine or candy.
1:20.6	But in the early days of the church, fasting was pretty hardcore.
1:24.4	You could only eat one meal a day, and that had to be in the evening.
1:28.7	You couldn't eat eggs, butter, meat or fish, and in some places you couldn't have oil,
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