Koontz John E wrote: > The usual view today is that it is ultimately from French les anglais. > The le- of les is lost, but the s from it, attached to anglais by liaison, > is retained, yielding 's anglais, or sangle, as it were. As with (Fr.) les Otoes >> les Sotoes >> (Eng.) Zotoes (and Eng. a napron >> an apron).