ext_21044 ([identity profile] muckefuck.livejournal.com) wrote in [personal profile] topaz 2007-07-01 04:52 am (UTC)

I have a lovely gem of a book titled Die schoenste Laengvidge which is studded with examples of promiscuous English-German code-switching from the early years of the 20th century. (I particularly like "Dann wird bei uns hausgecleant.") Mencken also has some plum examples in The American language.
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