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Skriven 2012-02-18 23:55:36 av Lee Lofaso (2:203/2)
  Kommentar till text 25320 av Rusl n Vild n®v (2:5011/92)
Ärende: question after reading conf for several days
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Hello Rusl n,

 WD>> Belgians with the best beer in the world.

 BF>> But you Belgians *did* invent the fried potato chips -- I've always
 BF>> wondered why the USAians think it was the French who did that...

RV>Explanation is very simple. It's called "french fries" in America.

Cajuns call them pommes de terre frites.

RV>So if it's called "french fries" it must be invented by French,
RV>right? :)

Cajuns call them pommes de terre frites, not "french fries".
We used to grow them in Nova Scotia, but the English kicked us
out.  So now we grow them in Louisiana.  On strips of land one
mile long and half an inch wide.  Only Italian immigrants growing
spaghetti make better use of land than Cajuns...

 RV> I assure you if they rename it to "Nigerian fries" 10 years from now every
 RV> kid at school will be convinced it's invented by Nigerians.

Nigerian immigrants do not grow food.  They gather nuts called
"niggertoes".  Other African immigrants often help them out.

 RV> They still think they won WW2 :) So I guess it's broken beyond repair.

Cajuns speak French.  Note there is no such thing as Cajun American.
Also note that Cajuns have never imposed their language on anybody
else.  Quite unlike Americains, who saved Europeans from themselves
by defeating Hitler's army.

But hey.  Look on  the bright side.  It could have been worse.
Ben Franklin wanted the national language of America to be German.
And his proposal lost by only one vote.  Had things gone Ben's way,
not only would every Americain be speaking German, but so would
every European.  FDR, Stalin and Hitler would have been best buds,
sharing beers both in Washington, Moscow and in Berlin (not sure
if Winston Churchill would have been invited).

--Lee

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