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- noun Alternative capitalization of
Franglais
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Examples
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Just listening to her speaking in franglais with you while explaining what the Chinese words meant was really, well, wow.
Tadpolecast 2008
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Plus a few musings on "franglais" that French word-a-day folks might appreciate.
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We converse in "franglais" until we get to the Embassy.
Based on a True Story Nathan Colquhoun 2010
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When the French come to snub us, to confuse them, we switch to “joual” or “franglais”.
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I can speak all kinds of French: regular, patois, joual, franglais … even Parisian French.
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French food can be as casual as that; especially French-American franglais food.
Kerry Saretsky: Franglais: Apricot and Rosemary Oven Ribs (RECIPE) Kerry Saretsky 2010
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French food can be as casual as that; especially French-American franglais food.
Kerry Saretsky: Franglais: Apricot and Rosemary Oven Ribs (RECIPE) Kerry Saretsky 2010
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Even the subtitle—Le Barbier Démoniaque de Fleet Street—has a goofy franglais charm.
'Sweeney Todd' Is a Cut Above Judy Fayard 2011
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You holding Jack, M bathing him, Tadpole kissing him, and the little franglais himself showing so many expressions, it was all heart-warming.
Jack 2009
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It is 50 years since the young British secret serviceman David Cornwell concocted his franglais pseudonym John the Square and started to come clean about spying and lying.
Our Kind of Traitor by John le Carré Tim Adams 2010
vanishedone commented on the word franglais
Coined by Miles Kington, who died recently.
February 2, 2008
vanishedone commented on the word franglais
Or not. (Meaning the coinage, not Mr. Kington's death.)
February 9, 2008