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Anon thinks the French are posers (sh.itjust.works)

submitted 1 month ago by Early_To_Risa to c/greentext

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 month ago

That's the thing. France and Belgium call french fries "frites" and "frieten", which just translates to "fries". It's other cultures that gave them (wrong) names because of how they got to know them.