Yankee; Zygomatique

In producing the latest of their great dictionaries elegant savants of the French Academy began on Nov. 5, 1885 with "A" and worked until last-week when they reached the final "Z." In previous editions the last word had been zut!--French for "Go to the Devil!" At their final, historic meeting last week the French savants added zygomatique, thus adopting into French the fanciest English adjective for cheekbone.

On their X, Y, Z home stretch, the Academy's 40 Immortals also adopted "Yacht," the last of a long line of English sporting terms which Frenchmen have been twisting on their tongues since they took up le sport. At one ponderous session the academicians considered "Yankee," pronounced it with aversion, decided officially that "Yankee" is a word having no rightful place in French.

The Great Dictionary, completed in just two months short of 50 years, should, if printers and proofreaders hurry, appear in print by the close of 1938.

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