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CAM 24-09-21 09:04 PM

Interest in WWI and passable in Pidgin French
 
Came across this whilst looking up origin of Fusilier.

http://www.151ril.com/content/history/culture/3

Chris

dumdum 25-09-21 10:43 AM

Lovely period piece, Chris! :)Oddly enough, some of that slang French was still floating around when I was teaching English there (Paris) more years ago than I care to remember....:rolleyes:

PeterB 28-09-21 07:20 PM

Cuistot, godasses, pinard I heard used in Belgian French when I lived there in the mid 90's.


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