Word: iciness
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...throw that out piece by piece. Soon after he heard the cries of sea gulls and looked down to see the lights of beachside restaurants and hotels. A woman was walking down a long, straight road. "Madame," called Joseph politely, "s'il vous plait, l'Angleterre ici?" The Englishwoman looked up. "Oui, monsieur," she answered and continued steadily...
There Is Much To Do. The school bell rang. The little girls bustled onto their narrow benches. Sister Elizabeth called the roll. Instead of "Hier!", the little girls answered "Ici", and giggled at the unfamiliar sound. Then Sister Elizabeth spoke in French, translating phrase by phrase into the Alsatian German dialect...
...drafty, dingy shop in the rue du Louvre beside a clangorous trolley line; to swap legends about the fabulous, wispy, ageless columnist "Sparrow" Robertson who sent his copy over from Harry's New York Bar and lived 20 years in Paris knowing only one word of French-ici; to quote the letter signed "Old Philadelphia Lady" (asking how to convert Centigrade into Fahrenheit) which appeared day after day for 20 years on the Herald's editorial page...
Greasy, thick-lipped Pierre Laval went home and sought solace in music. He turned on his radio and heard in idiomatic French: "Frenchmen! Take up arms against the invaders and light the fuse of revolt. Ici Moscou. Ici Moscou." He spun the dial nervously and heard London's Fighting French station saying: "Frenchmen, Wait!" He felt better, but not much...
Despite his 20 years in Paris, the Sparrow knew only one word of French-ici-but with it he could make any want known, get out of any jam. His personal freedom challenged, he would draw himself up to his full 5 ft. 2 in., wither authority with: "Where do you get that stuff...