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

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 day ago (2 children)

The US calls everything "French" because they think it'll sell better.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 20 hours ago

Until we collectively decided to be jerks about it in the early 2000s and called them "freedom fries" and "freedom toast." I think it's so weird that we're closer to the British than the French when France totally helped us out in the early days.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 day ago

Yeah, I think so too, Japan does the same with food and luxury shops.