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A parody ad for the perfect device for someone who has trouble learning the French language.
A parody ad for the perfect device for someone who has trouble learning the French language.

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    • Author: Cordanara
    This is a classic National Film Board of Canada animated short from back in the day, eh? Anglophone Canadians were ever self-conscious because of their francophonic abilities - in part, due to their own linguistic parochialism & inflexibility? - but at some point were obliged to get along with their Quebecois brothers & sisters; with "Canadian Vignettes: Instant French," they could now avoid the heartache & embarrassment of misspoken French, and be fully participant partners in a bilingual nation.

    Now, if only such a contraption could save us today - a device that could translate from within-the-Beltway-speak to plain American English....
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