Boris Johnson: "prenez un grip", "donnez-moi un break"

Spectacular code-switching:

Boris Johnson, speaking outside the Capitol, says it’s time for the French to “prenez un grip” and “donnez-moi un break” after the spat over a U.K. submarine deal with the U.S. and Australia pic.twitter.com/FpVywohTjK

— Kitty Donaldson (@kitty_donaldson) September 22, 2021

BJ's language mixing is as tangled as his hair.  He needs a comb for both.

 

Selected readings

• "Code-switching conscious?" (10/4/08)
• "New NPR blog: Code Switch" (4/9/13)
• "An orgy of code-switching" (11/6/15)
• "Prolific code-switching in Vietnamese" (4/14/16)
• "Polylingualism" (4/20/16)
• "Archive for Code switching"
• [Thanks to Donald Clarke]