Description
- Abstract:
- Two soldiers discuss the new kepi. A kepi is the typical French soldier's hat. The man on the left is wearing one. "Qu'est-pis" is pronounced the same way as "képy", but means "which is worse".
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Citation
"Est-ce que tu ne regrettes pas l'ancien képy?.... - Mais, c'est la même chose... puisque c'est un bonnet qu'est-pis !...."
(1853).
Paris: Capital of the 19th Century.
Brown Digital Repository. Brown University Library.
https://repository.library.brown.edu/studio/item/bdr:86247/
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Paris: Capital of the 19th Century
...The project, "Paris, Capital of the 19th century," initiated by the French Studies and Comparative Literature Departments of Brown University, provides a window into the cultural, political and social context of 19th century Parisian culture.
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