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Subject: Re: [ABOUT-WORDS] defenestration
Date: Thu, 10 May 2007 19:31:38 +0200
References: <9339f00a0705092223j3627010aid41926bb75f0a8b5@mail.gmail.com>


Fenster is German/Yiddish for window. At one time it was also a
standard English word for a window.

And 'venster' is Afrikaans for window. guess they did not know how to
pronounce the F so changed it to V LOL


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