Post an ironic fact

[TheoK]

Swedish vindöga meant window. Now it's a dead word in Swedish, and instead we use the word fönster, that comes from German Fenster, that in turn comes from Latin fenestra, which is ultimately an Etruscan word 

["couldbecousin"]

  I guess I'm too stupid and monolingual to get the irony of ^ that. 

[Fun With Matches]

I LMAO! Nah.

I didn't actually get it either, seems too brainy for me.

['andersom']

It's easy to understand. Lit talked about language development through time.

["couldbecousin"]

It's easy to understand. Lit talked about language development through time.

  I just didn't get why it's particularly ironic that the original word was Etruscan. 

['andersom']

It's easy to understand. Lit talked about language development through time.

  I just didn't get why it's particularly ironic that the original word was Etruscan. 

Lit's sense of humour.

["couldbecousin"]

  So, ironically, there was no particular irony in this post at all? 

['andersom']

The living Swedish language had a word that died. A new word was used, in this living language, to replace the dead word. The new word stems from two dead languages.

["couldbecousin"]

The living Swedish language had a word that died. A new word was used, in this living language, to replace the dead word. The new word stems from two dead languages.

  OK, now I get it.  So Swedish ought to have kept the original word. 

['andersom']

The living Swedish language had a word that died. A new word was used, in this living language, to replace the dead word. The new word stems from two dead languages.

  OK, now I get it.  So Swedish ought to have kept the original word. 

That would have been or they could have replaced their whole language with Latin.

[Queen Victoria]

Or, they could have just gotten rid of windows.

["couldbecousin"]

Or, they could have just gotten rid of windows.

  Getting rid of Windows might be a good idea.