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Don Byas was capable of being a rather spiteful practical joker. When he was working with Buck Clayton in France in 1950 the pair of them were invited to dinner with the pianist Andre Persiany. They took a bouquet of flowers for his wife, and Don (who was helping Buck learn French) wrote out a speech for Buck to hand them over to Madame Persiany. The speech was full of grateful thanks, and it finished with a request for Madame to use them in what Don assured was a decorative arrangement. The reflexive verb he had written out for Buck was s'enculer. And a quick check on Google translator will demonstrate that what Buck suggested she do with the flowers did not go down well in polite society, Don collapsed in helpless laughter...
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