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The article explores the concept of "slippages" in language and architecture, focusing on the transposition of an iconic French building, the Élysée Palace, into its Creole "other," the Hôtel de Ville in Réunion. It examines how these architectural and linguistic shifts, symbolized through the use of tools like linoleum plates, pleating, and embossing, challenge the political and colonial narratives embedded in the original architecture.