In a time when mass media was restricted to print and live performance an operetta like la Mascotte was enough to launch a new word into English.
在一个大众传媒仅限于纸质出版物的年代,像“吉祥物”这样的一出歌剧已足以为英文词汇添丁了。
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Right at the end of 1880 an operetta called la Mascotte played first in French and then in English in 1881 introducing the English speaking world to the word mascot.