Word: parleral
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Sacred Loyalty. At week's end, Churchill addressed 20,000 people in Strasbourg's main square, after being resoundingly bussed by a young Strasbourgeoise. "Prenez garde, je vais parler fran-çais," warned Churchill ("Look out! I'm going to speak in French...
...quarter of a century, the Societe du bon parler franc.ais has been battling the encroachment of English. Each year it bombards French Canadians with 100,000 blotters, bearing exhortations to keep their speech pure. Students among the 27,000 members pay a one-cent fine to fellow members who catch them in solecisms...
...Salut les copains (Welcome, Pals). Under a so-foot-high triumphal arch of crossed Allied flags are other bas-reliefs, each with a two-word legend illustrating the new-found (and realistically French) freedoms; the second word in each case is librement (freely) and the verbs are: jouer, travailler, parler, aimer, dormir, manger, boire and respirer (play, work, speak, love, sleep, eat, drink and breathe...