After my ordeal ( read http://yedda.com/questions/2736014395198/ ) I am wandering where did the word "eavesdrop" came from , it sounds there is an interesting story behind it !
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The eaves are the overhang of a roof over the building's walls. Someone eavesdropping would stand under the eaves of the building in order to hear what was going on inside.
It has its origins in Old English.
By the late fifteenth century, the word eavesdropper became current in English law, meaning literally 'a person who stands on the eavesdrop of a house to listen to what is happening inside'
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