2006-07-30 08:17:48 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Cultures & Groups ➔ Other - Cultures & Groups
"French" fries did not come from France. To "french" food means to cut it into long, thin slices (like "frenched" beans, etc.). So, sliced potatoes are called "frenched" potatoes (and when fried, they are "frenched fried potatoes".).
The French do not call a kiss with a tongue a "French Kiss". They call it an "English Kiss". Go figure.
Americans are apparently obsessed with France. So we call just about anything that is novel "French" whether it came from France or not.
2006-07-30 08:24:34 · answer #1 · answered by Randy G 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
They don't have french toast or french fries in France. My girlfriend grew up in Belgium and has been to France alot. They don't even have french dressing. I would say it is a marketing ploy. The french DO have this brown stuff they put on sandwiches called"American sauce" - I am not lying.
2006-07-30 08:23:06 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
French culture has influenced a lot of the world, esp. in the areas of fashion and cuisine. Unfortunately there's a lot of derogatory remarks made about the French by Americans, but I think that comes from pure ignorance and xenophobia. The French gave them the Statue of Liberty afterall and the 2 countries have always been allies.
2006-07-30 09:02:56 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
FIrst of all these words are used in ever country of the world and not just America. Secondly they are not just called French toast etc without a reason look it up
2006-07-30 08:23:25 · answer #4 · answered by helmats 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
American hypocricy. They pretend to hate the French, but revere things french. French Country home decorating and toile is a big deal too.
You left out french or parisienne lips (that's what it was first called when white women injected silicone into their lips to make them look like black people's lips).
2006-07-30 09:01:11 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Hello I am french.
I don't have the answer but just a small correction about the "french kiss". We don't call it english kiss. In fact it is the first time I hear such a thing. We just call it a kiss.
But be reassured we also have a lot of american things: sauce, sandwiches, and kitchens (that are in fact french!)...
2006-07-30 12:54:38 · answer #6 · answered by MayaB 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Because the french culture is superior to yours. And I'm not french.
2006-07-30 08:25:15 · answer #7 · answered by timisancristi 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Ooh...i love both....yet i ought to could say that baked potato wins by technique of a very narrow margin. i'm wondering about the melted cheese, chives, bitter cream, writer 1st baron verulam bits, pepper, and different diverse yummies you are able to placed on a baked potato... make effective that's a tremendous russet potato because for baked potatoes those are fantastic!
2016-10-15 10:26:52 · answer #8 · answered by hosfield 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Because the French do it best!!!!!!!
2006-07-30 08:21:13 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
people seem to buy more if it has a fancy name like French "something or another"!
2006-07-30 08:21:55 · answer #10 · answered by Pobept 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋