"It was merely because nothing of a suitable nature had presented itself by the time we reached the T's that I suggested Turf Accountant faute de mieux."
"Faute de what?"
"Mieux, m'lord. A French expression. We should say "for want of anything better."
"What asses these Frenchmen are! Why can't they talk English?"
"They are possibly more to be pitied than censured, m'lord. Early upbringing no doubt has a good deal to do with it."
(from Ring for Jeeves, by Sir Pelham Wodehouse)
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