Quoting Walt Wayman (5/04/07):
>As best I recall -- it's been many a year -- from when I took two years of
>German as my foreign language requirement in college, "Fenster" is German for
>window, so "defensteration" is sort of a basterdization of the English
>language. But, hell, we borrowed about half of it from other folks, which may
>account for why it's got over 600,000 words and still growing.
Actually, "Fenster" and "defenestration" come from the Latin "fenestra",
perhaps through the French "fenêtre" ;-)
OM content: mmm... Olympus, of course...
Bernard
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