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Show Ther With That French. Eh bioii you know we all speak ! reiicb hero. We can say "Dis done. Jacques. ' ami "Alois," ;nid order oois" and rhisper to inadmne to slip us some "rl inn" or "cognac" when no -cicor officer is round to hop us. It i no uncommon tiling for a dongh--.,v to intersperse his oor.vers;ition with "liVt-ce-pas?" as. for insinnce: 'I guess we sleep with the sheep li-night, n'ost-ce-pas ;" "Mais oui. Avcc les little moiittons." ' Well, they don't smell any worse ihan some of you guys at that, n'est- ce-psis?-' "Soy, who the hell's got my French m.-ik? I laid It on my pack not ten minutes ;il'o, n'est-ce-pas !" We're there with that French stuff. A coMiiimn form of greeting from the ribald roughnecks to the earnest linguist lin-guist among us Is "Alia, I see you speak French!" You see, they have to admit it. Saturday Evening Post. |