MDMD2: Ort

Mark Wright AIA mwaia at yahoo.com
Sun Sep 23 14:17:25 CDT 2001


It is usually plural (orts) in english, and means leftover food.  My
twisted family, following my grandmother's lead, used the word all the
time when I was a kid. I say Orts when I wish to sound old and drooly
and out of it.


--- KXX4493553 at aol.com wrote:
> The word "Ort" still exists in German. It means "place", "location", 
> "village, "little town".
> 
> Kurt-Werner Pörtner
>  


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