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edgyquant 3 months ago | parent | context | favorite | on: French e, è, é, ê, ë – what's the difference?

I love that the existence of this word implies being thrown out of a window was so common it required its own word

UltraSane 3 months ago [–]

People used to empty chamber pots by throwing them out the window.

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