Re: OFFTOPIC: What is "francais hexagonal"?
| From: | Nik Taylor <fortytwo@...> |
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| Date: | Tuesday, November 17, 1998, 18:44 |
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John Cowan wrote:
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> I ran into this term, and was mystified: obviously "hexagonal
> (six-sided?) French" is not a useful translation.
Just a guess, but perhaps the French of France? Isn't France sometimes
referred to as "l'Hexagon" (or whatever), for its roughly hexagonal
shape?
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