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Show English Slang in France. f I Novcr havo the French made us I of so many English words as during; tho past season. Tho world of "sport" I began tho practice somo years ago, H and it had this excuse, that it drew fl Its horses, Us "trainers" and its fl 'Jockeys" from tho other sldo of -the- fl channel. But nowadays French so- ' J doty Indulges in a positive debauch 1 Jf of exotic terms. Ono goes no longer I iT "aur lo champ des courses," but "on i X tho turf." The horses go round the- I J "ring." Tho "donneurs de Paris" are- f a? "bookmakers." Tho "gross pontes," 1 ix "plungers." A "thoroughbred" (pur i 1? sang) is no longer "boltoux," but 7 ft "broken down." Paris letter. |