Why do we call french fries as it is, if they are from Belgium?

[Tsubame ⭐]

We should call them now Belgian fries.

Or do like other languages do and call them simply fried potatoes.

Or maybe even freedom fries! Because, America, you know.

[chocolate donut]

All the other English speaking countries just call them chips instead.

[Tsubame ⭐]

Well, Canada also uses "french fries". Chips for us are thin crispy fried potatoes. But yes, you are correct.

That could be another name to use instead.

[❤ Sly Succubus ❤]

Diposting pertama kali oleh ᠌ ⁧⁧Tsubame ⭐:

We should call them now Belgian fries.

Or do like other languages do and call them simply fried potatoes.

Or maybe even freedom fries! Because, America, you know.

Because calling them American Potato Sticks sounds more worrying then yummy.
Especially if you were to say this to the Irish community!

[ZZZZZ]

cuz americans

[↑↑↓↓←→←→BASelect]

I call them fries. As chips where i live are thin round and deep fried with salt or bb-q or vinegar on them. They are made by lay's.

[permanent name]

England looks at Belgium and sees France.

‘Chips’ were a result of a re-education campaign to stop people from fawning over this hip French potato.

This also served to deflate growing interest in Irish hash, which was recodified as ‘potatoes o’brian,’ which is chipped potatoes with vegetables. Except o’brian exclusively refers to miniscule amounts of peppers and onion which barely contain flavor, let alone nutrition.

[steven1mac]

Look up the definition of French, and you will have your answer.

[kilésengati]

Diposting pertama kali oleh ᠌ ⁧⁧Tsubame ⭐:

We should call them now Belgian fries.

The Dutch would like to have a word with you.

[Apollo702]

All kinds of things are poorly named.

[permanent name]

Diposting pertama kali oleh kilésengati:

Diposting pertama kali oleh ᠌ ⁧⁧Tsubame ⭐:

We should call them now Belgian fries.

The Dutch would like to have a word with you.

Waffle fries.

Like stroopwaffle but potato.

That’s the niche thing the Dutch are known for and the only thing any English-speaking person should know about them, right ?

[↑↑↓↓←→←→BASelect]

Diposting pertama kali oleh permanent name:

Diposting pertama kali oleh kilésengati:

The Dutch would like to have a word with you.

Waffle fries.

Sadly that is a reality. Not very tasty though.

[permanent name]

Diposting pertama kali oleh Apollo702:

All kinds of things are poorly named.

Scholarly evidence has repeatedly demonstrated that the English have engaged in society wide propaganda campaigns to control language as far back as 1517.

England being England, they just censor the work, censure the scholars, and then lose the works they built their case off of in a mysterious archive fire which only affected these works. And only the passages the scholars used.

[☎need4naiim☎]

And, when you know where potatoes came from (South America), it adds a whole another perspective to the question.

[pants]

we call them french fries because of how we kiss them

[twoxsp]

Because there was bedlam in Belgium