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088: April/May 2010
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Tommy French: How British First World War Soldiers Turned French Into Slang
£19.99, Pen & Sword, 2021, 224 pp 30 b/w illustrations ISBN: 9781526765925 [This review by Rachel Duffett first appeared in the October 2021 edition of Stand To! No.124] Parley voo frongsay? 'Napoo', 'compray', 'san fairy ann', 'toot sweet' - all are anglicized French phrases that came into use on the Western Front during the First World W…
'Effin' and Blindin' on the Western Front' by Prof Mark Connelly
About the talk: Mark returns to Petts Wood with a lively, amusing and informative study of swearing and blasphemy in the BEF, exploring in all its glory the richness and humour of Tommy's everyday Profanosaurus, 1914-1918. About the speaker: Mark Connelly is Professor of Modern British History at the University of Kent. His main research interest…