Antedating of "Franglais"

[Fred Shapiro]

The OED's first use for "franglais" is 1964 (1959 in a French context).
Here is an earlier citation:

1952 _Modern Language Journal_ XXXVI. 197  On principle, we do not like
sentences of the type "Apprenez les first five lignes par coeur"; students
already have too great a tendency to speak so-called "franglais."

Fred Shapiro


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