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Tommy French
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- Condition
- Book Title
- Tommy French
- Brand
- Pen & Sword
- ISBN
- 9781526765925
- Publication Year
- 2021
- Type
- Textbook
- Format
- Hardcover
- Language
- English
- Publication Name
- Tommy French: How British First World War Soldiers Turned French Into Slang
- Item Height
- 234mm
- Publisher
- Pen & Sword Books LTD
- Item Width
- 156mm
- Subject
- History
- Number of Pages
- 224 Pages
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'Napoo', 'compray', 'san fairy ann', 'toot sweet' are anglicized French phrases that came into use on the Western Front during the First World War as British troops struggled to communicate in French. Over four years of war they created an extraordinary slang which reflects the period and brings the conflict to mind whenever it is heard today. Julian Walker, in this original and meticulously researched book, explores the subject in fascinating detail. In the process he gives us an insight into the British soldiers' experience in France during the war and the special language they invented in order to cope with their situation. He shows how French place-names were anglicized as were words for food and drink, and he looks at what these slang terms tell us about the soldiers' perception of France, their relationship with the French and their ideas of home. He traces the spread of 'Tommy French' back to the Home Front, where it was popularized in songs and on postcards, and looks at the French reaction to the anglicisation of their language. AUTHOR: Julian Walker is a leading authority on First World War slang and manages the international project 'Languages and the First World War'. He has convened conferences on the subject and lectured and written extensively about it. His previous books include Trench Talk, Languages and the First World War and Words and the First World War. He reckons his own French is about as good as that of the average second lieutenant in 1916. 30 b/w illustrations
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Pen & Sword Books LTD
ISBN-13
9781526765925
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10049052474
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Publication Name
Tommy French: How British First World War Soldiers Turned French Into Slang
Format
Hardcover
Language
English
Subject
History
Publication Year
2021
Type
Textbook
Number of Pages
224 Pages
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Item Height
234mm
Item Width
156mm
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United Kingdom
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