Sino-American diplomatic slang in the mid-70s
Language Log 2025-01-26
Summary:
[This is a guest post by Don Keyser] A true tale from nearly a half century ago … prompted by reading the mox nix posting to LL. —– My first of three Beijing postings was 1976-78 to the U.S. Liaison Office. USLO was tiny — 25 total personnel (9 "substantive" [Chief, USLO; Deputy Chief, […]