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In article <mkche15p2mwi$.dlg@parsec.no-spoon.de>, Stefan Scholl wrote:
"On 2003-04-24 16:06:09, Wesley Groleau wrote:
[..]
> This side of the pond, we say, "Pardon my French.""

The phrase has also been in currency on some of the British Isles.

"Cool. This is the origin of the phrase.

I remember a Dutch[man] saying the same in German. Didn't know this is a
common phrase."

Another phrase -- "double Dutch" -- might amuse you.