Word: gallic
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...should be as intelligible to him as Hottentot to an Eskimo. Yet we hear the voluminous applause of six hundred men at the proper dramatic pause, and the right ripple or broad guffaw of as many at the humorous interlude. It may be that a few, habituated to the Gallic tongue, lead the applause, and the rest follow to show that they also are of the appreciative and selected cultured...
Inasmuch as the Cerole Francais in conclave assembled has with characteristic boldness decided to continue the ancient tradition by which its members are wont at this season to pit their prowess against that of the associated Teutons, it does now publicly hurl a gallic challenge to its friendly foes of the Deutscher Verein, inviting them to meet the as-yet-unconquered Cercle team anywhere and any day. It does, moreover, with excessive magnanimity not only offer to provide half of the liquid enticement customarily placed at first base, but also agrees to its being of entirely germanic nature. Wherefore...