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  • noun Alternative capitalization of Franglais

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  • Coined by Miles Kington, who died recently.

    February 2, 2008

  • Or not. (Meaning the coinage, not Mr. Kington's death.)

    Though his is the name most closely associated with Franglais in the UK, he didn’t invent it. It was created in French in 1959 as a blend of Français and Anglais. It referred to the dilution of the purity of the French language through the uncontrolled introduction of... Americanisms... It first appeared in Parlez-vous Franglais, by Professor René Étiemble, then professor of comparative languages at the Sorbonne.

    February 9, 2008