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November 8, 1999 at 12:00 am #36679
Armand F.
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I have read in history of a Frenchman named Chauvin, who in a fit of nationalism proclaimed French people and products to be better than any others in the world. I believe his name is where the term “chauvinism” originated – male, or in his case, French.