I meant the ones in The Legion but I gather it's not unknown for Alsatians to claim to be German for that purpose. You must have heard the story (probably apocryphal) of the frustrated German parlementaire trying to negotiate the surrender of the Free French at Bir Hakeim who, having been subjected to a torrent of abuse in several European languages, plaintively exclaimed in perfect English "Doesn't anyone here speak French?".
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Date: 2006-07-24 06:12 pm (UTC)