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France levels up local video game slang with list of French terms to replace foreign words

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Re: Now that is a fine example of administrative busybodies

Canadian French consists of taking an American English-language phrase and replacing some of the words with French ones, while leaving the order and structure unchanged. It leads to such delights as "mon tire est flat", and "salle de repos" (for "toilet")

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