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

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[–] x00z@lemmy.world 2 points 1 day 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.