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Letter: Vive le sport!

Carolyn Beckingham
Thursday 22 July 1999 23:02 BST
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Sir: Here's another example of French borrowings from English (letter, 19 July). After a sporting record had been broken, a French newspaper headline read, "Le recordman interviewe".

CAROLYN BECKINGHAM

Lewes, East Sussex

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