Chow Mein is German word ? (thebrainbin.org)

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Chow Mein is German word ?

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[-] calliope@retrolemmy.com 11 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago)

English approximation of Cantonese. From Wikipedia:

‘Chow mein' is the Americanization of the Chinese term for fried noodles. Its pronunciation comes from the Cantonese pronunciation "chaomin"; the term first appeared in English (US) in 1906.

[-] MastKalandar@feddit.online -2 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago)

I thought it had something to do with Mein Kampf.

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