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Updated: May 2, 2025

Thanks to our military guide-books, and to the general feeling of the day, our citizens are setting themselves to acquire the language of our gallant ally. And the signs are that they will do it. One hears every day in metropolitan society such remarks as, "Have you read, 'Soo le foo?" "Oh, you mean that book by Haingri Barbooze?

Stephen Leacock - The Hohenzollerns in America