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Speaking of weird French varieties, the Foreign Legion developed its own idioms and accent, from the wide variety of languages of its soldiers. I don’t have a h
by kergonath 3y ago
Speaking of weird French varieties, the Foreign Legion developed its own idioms and accent, from the wide variety of languages of its soldiers. I don’t have a handy Wiki link, but there are several examples on YouTube.
[edit] having worked there, seeing “Shadock” being used for “Personnel du Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives” really made my day. Now I know how to call former colleagues!
- seszett 3y agoDon't read too much into this dictionary though, I spent a year there and not once did anyone call a CEA worker a "shadock". Many of these words are indeed used, but it's akin to company slang more than a language variety. Some people just don't use the local words and nobody cares, and everything changes fast.
- gwervc 3y ago> Ainsi comprend-il notamment une longue série d'abréviations et d'acronymes In that respect it's no different than any (big) corporation in the country. At least one team I've been maintained an internal lexicon but elsewhere it's just an acronym soup everywhere.