Victor Hugo quote: Argot is both a literary and a social phenomenon. What is argot, properly speaking? Argot is the language of misery.

Argot is both a literary and a social phenomenon. What is argot, properly speaking? Argot is the language of misery.

~ Victor Hugo ~

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