Re: phonology of borrowed words

Christophe Grandsire a écrit

> French expressions rarely include nationalities
("capote anglaise"
> and "cor anglais" excepted :)) ).
Dear Christophe, you forgot :
- filer à l'anglaise (to take French leave, according to my
dictionary);
- saoul comme un polonais (drunk like a Pole!) ;
- parler français comme une vache espagnole (speak french
like a spanish cow,
 which might have been originally 'comme un basque
l'espagnol' :
 like a Basque speaks spanish);
- marcher en file indienne (walk in a single file) ;
etc. etc.

JLB

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