R.I.P. Miles Kington, King of ‘Franglais’

Travel Blog  •  Jim Benning  •  02.01.08 | 12:05 PM ET

imageMiles Kington “satirised the earnest but doomed efforts of native English speakers to handle French,” as the BBC put it. (Example: Bill Wyman’s remark, “Je suis un rock star.”) Kington coined the term “Franglais,” and his books on the topic included Let’s Parler Franglais! He died Wednesday, prompting the fitting BBC headline: “Au revoir Mister Franglais.”

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