Word: pidgin
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Dates: during 1950-1950
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...what the French treasure most-their language. One now sees posters and trucks bearing the inscription 'Buvez Coca-Cola.' You can say 'Buvez du Coca-Cola' or 'Buvez le Coca-Cola' but you cannot say 'Buvez Coca-Cola' because this is pidgin French...
...nighties, La Vie Parisienne, grandpa's amorous exertions that require medical aid, grandson's amorous speculations that require parental talks. Lest any of this seem unduly coarse, the characters are made wacky or lovable as well as lecherous, and the story is sprayed with period allusions and pidgin French...