Date: Sat, 26 Dec 1998 11:17:28 +1030 From: Greg Lehey <grog@lemis.com> To: Brett Glass <brett@lariat.org>, Mark Ovens <marko@uk.radan.com> Cc: Mike Smith <mike@smith.net.au>, chat@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Chips (was: Regulated names (was: Crazy Laws)) Message-ID: <19981226111728.C12346@freebie.lemis.com> In-Reply-To: <4.1.19981225064918.05738f10@127.0.0.1>; from Brett Glass on Fri, Dec 25, 1998 at 06:51:30AM -0700 References: <Your <4.1.19981224112052.05a31740@127.0.0.1> <4.1.19981224174155.03dd8670@127.0.0.1> <368378AB.969463E2@uk.radan.com> <4.1.19981225064918.05738f10@127.0.0.1>
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On Friday, 25 December 1998 at 6:51:30 -0700, Brett Glass wrote: > At 11:36 AM 12/25/98 +0000, Mark Ovens wrote: > >> Now what's the French for French Fries..... > > Ironically, the German for them is "Pommes Frites." > In other words, the Germans say "French fried > potatoes" by saying "fried potatoes" in French. I believe this comes from French Belgian usage. As everybody knows, the Belgians invented chips. Greg -- See complete headers for address, home page and phone numbers finger grog@lemis.com for PGP public key To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message
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