And still having nothing to do directly with the French, who are just trying to take advantage of this lucky conincidence.charleswatkins wrote:What they did not realize was that in Frankish (the language of the Franks, for whom France takes its name), the word for 'free' is 'franc'. Therefore, french fries were already freedom fries.
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And you couldn't imagine how proud we were when it's been recognized that freedom and french were synonymouscharleswatkins wrote:A while back when our leaders got peeved with France for not joining in the festivities in Iraq, they decided to rename french fries to 'freedom fries'.
What they did not realize was that in Frankish (the language of the Franks, for whom France takes its name), the word for 'free' is 'franc'. Therefore, french fries were already freedom fries.
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Bloody fool. Frenching is what you DO to the potato, not where it’s from!
So am I to understand that now Americans Free the Fries instead of Frenching them!?A while back when our leaders got peeved with France for not joining in the festivities in Iraq, they decided to rename french fries to 'freedom fries'.
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