There’s something elegant, and brilliant about the way language is handled in ‘Allo ‘Allo. Just by switching accents, the job is done, and gives a marvellous opportunity for Crabtree’s mangling of the French. When I was young, I instinctively understood the conceit, even if I couldn’t articulate why.
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