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

submitted 3 days ago by Early_To_Risa@sh.itjust.works to c/greentext@sh.itjust.works

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[–] oce@jlai.lu 39 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (31 children)

Nobody in France calls French fries or French toast "French". We're definitely happy to attribute the fries to our Belgian friends and nobody thinks something as ubiquitous as toasts could have a single inventor. I think those are Anglo-Saxon cultural elements.

[–] Mr_Blott@feddit.uk 5 points 3 days ago (17 children)

No idea what a French press is. Probably a cafetière ?

[–] echodot@feddit.uk -2 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (14 children)