“Which is the funniest language? It's French, isn't it?”

— Sacha Baron Cohen

As quoted in "War" http://www.listenonrepeat.com/watch/?v=C5P9J1wCgNM (28 February 2003), Da Ali G Show http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0508528/?ref_=ttep_ep2.

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