> Yesterday I was told
> a German word for where the water
> does not run on a building facade.
>
> We were looking at the dirt line on the bottom
> surface of a wide stone window
> lintel. The speaker was surprised to find that we do
> not have a word in
> English for this phenomena. I was happy to find the
> existence of one word to
> describe what we need several words to describe and
> therefore a lack of
> natural process we tend not to talk about very much
> simply for the penchant
> of economy of breath.
>
> Where the water does not run has a lot to do with
> the active nature of
> facades and urinals.

So, enlighten us oh worded one.
What the F*** is the German term?

david

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