Sundray to Comic Strips@lemmy.worldEnglish • 1 year agoMore Words of Wonderfedia.ioimagemessage-square37fedilinkarrow-up1547arrow-down125file-text
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minus-squareJinFoxlinkfedilink10•1 year agoBeing french, defenestration is a word that is somehow common knowledge and this amaze me.
minus-squarepalordrolaplinkfedilink2•1 year agoIn 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).
minus-square@SnowMeowXP@lemmy.worldlinkfedilink1•1 year agoI only learned about it from Magic the Gathering :)
minus-squareSundrayOPlinkfedilinkEnglish1•1 year ago“Pay 2 black, 1 colorless, throw your opponent’s hand out the window.”
Being french, defenestration is a word that is somehow common knowledge and this amaze me.
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).
I only learned about it from Magic the Gathering :)
“Pay 2 black, 1 colorless, throw your opponent’s hand out the window.”