Miles Kington’s Franglais

Posted by Miss Cellania in Everything Else on February 2, 2008 at 9:46 am


150_KingtonBritain mourns the passing of Miles Kington {wiki} who died on Thursday. Kingston coined the term “Franglais”, which is the language produced when English speakers attempt to speak French.

Its rules are simple. Insert as many French words as you know into the sentence, fill in the rest with English, then speak it with absolute conviction.

Some examples:
A man is accused of driving his car “avec toute la finesse d’un Rangers fan” (Miles Kington)
A door-to-door seller assures his customers “je ne suis pas un nutter religieux” (Miles Kington)
“Je suis un rock star.” (Bill Wyman)
A famous defendant who “ject un brickbat a le dit Justice, que narrowly mist”. (Old English court case)
“Le maker de ‘franglais’ est le dead.” (Fark)

Kington wrote several books about Franglais. Link -via Fark, where you’ll find more examples.

Also see: La Petite Lesson En Franglais



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8 comments to "Miles Kington’s Franglais"

  1. Jean-Christophe
    February 2nd, 2008 at 4:19 pm

    Hi,
    In France, we call ‘franglais’ an easy way to use english words in french. For example: business, fun… Then we forget the original french word. Earlier, french people were mad about that!

  2. Jean-Christophe
    February 2nd, 2008 at 4:22 pm

    Well, you won’t learn french there, but it is funny…

  3. Eric
    February 3rd, 2008 at 12:17 am

    Listening to Manu Chao is a great way to set both Franglais and Spanglish to music.

  4. Alex
    February 3rd, 2008 at 4:15 am

    Je suis un bloggeur.

  5. billy
    February 3rd, 2008 at 12:21 pm

    franglais is quotidien stuff here in montreal

  6. Pat J
    February 4th, 2008 at 4:23 pm

    I grew up in a little town named Ste. Rose du Lac, and it wasn’t uncommon to hear conversations like this one on the street corners:

    —As-tu fixé ton car yet?
    —Non, c’est encore dans le shop.

  7. Angry Frenchie
    February 6th, 2008 at 4:22 am

    Il est allé à la superloo dans le ciel. “Superloo”, pff!

  8. Angry Frenchie
    February 6th, 2008 at 4:26 am

    Il est allé à la superloo dans le ciel. “Superloo”, piff!


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