Word: tondelayo
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Dates: during 1942-1942
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...white man's burden in Equatorial Africa (see cut) consists principally of Tondelayo (Hedy Lamarr). She comes from the jungle wearing a "lurong" (press-agentese for an alluring sarong), rolls the whites of her eyes, and in no time at all is saying "Tondelayo make you tiffin." Only the tone-deaf will think she means...
Under the influence of Tondelayo, young Langford gets lazy with the razor, easy with the bottle and sloppy with his ducks. When Tondelayo dances for him the Temptation of St. Anthony looks like a game of pease-porridge-cold. After young Langford marries her. she stops calling him awyla ("my man"), whines for new bangles, begs him to beat her. When he refuses, she starts calling the unwilling Witzel awyla, does her best to poison her husband. By the time his starchy successor is saying "Blahsted hot today," superheated Langford is steaming down the Congo, Britain-bound...
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