• JinFox@lemmy.world
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    8 months ago

    Being french, defenestration is a word that is somehow common knowledge and this amaze me.

    • palordrolap@kbin.social
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      8 months ago

      In fairness, the French word for window being fenêtre helps, especially if you know that ê often represents an older form that was spelled with es instead (which it does here).

      • sundrayOP
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        8 months ago

        “Pay 2 black, 1 colorless, throw your opponent’s hand out the window.”