The biggest abuse of the French language in America is "entrée". Everywhere else I've been in the world it means a small dish before the main meal except in America where it means the main dish. It translates as entrance in English so I don't get it :shrug:
I left my heart to the sappers 'round Khe Sanh
And my soul was sold with my cigarettes to the black-market man
I had the Vietnam cold turkey from the ocean to the Silver City
And it's only other vets could understand
About the long forgotten dockside guarantees
How there were no V-day...
I'm an oyster shucker and I'm okay
I sleep all night and I shuck all day
Although I don't think the old bloke who opens them at the fish mongers is in danger of losing his job. He can do 6 dozen in the time it takes me to work out the best plan of attack.