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...same boat), and Germanized others, such as Beiproduct, brandneu, Eierkopf, Herzattacke, kalter Krieg, (byproduct, brand-new, egghead, heart attack, cold war). They assimilate the unassimilable by total adoption-beatnik, baby sitter, bootlegger, bulldozer, king-size, scooter and stripper. Hundreds of American words have become German Verbs-parken, twisten, hitchhiken. The Luftwaffe fills the air with bilingual babble: "Aber no sweat, boy, no sweat. Ich habe normal letdown procedure gemacht...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Languages: Parlez-Vous Franglais? | 11/29/1963 | See Source »

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