Bottoms Up: An Application of the Slapstick to SatireNathan, George Jean
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Bottoms Up: An Application of the Slapstick to Satire
Nathan, George Jean
American wit and humor
_Vocabulary_ | _Vocabulaire_ | _Pronunciation_
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So this is the Pré | Eh, bien! Le Pré | E bean! Lee Pree
Catelan! | Catelan! | Cattleland!
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It’s not up to | Ce n’est pas si | Key nest pass so
Elitch’s Gardens. | bon que les jardins | bon cue lays jardins
| d’Elitch. | dee Elitch.
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Waiter, a Bronx. | Garçon, un apéritif | Garson, yune
| Bronx. | aperteef Bronx.
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Gee, that’s a | Mon Dieu! Quelle | Mon doo! Kwel
peach of a | jolie poulette au | jolly pulay aw
chicken in the | chapeau vert! | shapyou vert!
green hat! | |
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Waiter, my | Garçon, l’addition. | Garson, my
check. | | ladditziyawn.
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What! Fifty centimes? | Quoi! Cinquante | Quoit! Sinkant
| centimes? | sentimes?
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Do you think us | Croyez-vous que | Croyz vuz cue
Americans are | nous Américains | news Americans
rubes? | sont des fermiers? | sont days fermeers?
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Too much! | Trop! | Tropp!
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I can’t consent to | Je ne puis y consentir!| Jay nee pewis
it! | | why consenter!
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An awful over-charge! | Une survente terrible! | Uni servant terrible!
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Damned French | Les Français sont | Lays Frankays
swindlers! | des escrocs damnables! | sont days escrocks
| | damnable!
EVENING
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