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Al-longs, ong-fong der lar Part-ree-e-yer, Ler joor der glwore ait arr-ee-vay. — Lyrics to La Marseillaise rendered in phonetic French for British soldiers in World War I, from Frank Scudamore’s “Parley Voo”!!, 1915 (via Tony Augarde’s Wordplay, 2011)

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