<Li> casser le bic, literally "to break the Bic", means to stop going to school . "Bic" is colloquially used to refer to a ballpoint pen in Belgian French and Kinshasa French, but not in standard French . </Li> <Li> merci mingi means "thank you very much". It comes from standard French merci ("thank you") and Lingala mingi ("a lot"). </Li> <Li> un zibolateur is a bottle opener . It comes from the Lingala verb kozibola which means "to open something that is blocked up or bottled", to which was added the standard French ending - ateur . </Li> <Li> un tétanos is a rickety old taxi . In standard French tétanos means "tetanus". </Li>

Each of the french-speaking countries has been influenced by french