• Kojichan@lemmy.world
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    1 month ago

    Trick question. They’re called patate frites normally, but everyone just calls them frites.

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      1 month ago

      Correct. The “frites” part means exactly the same as “fries” (well, technically it means “fried”).

      Americans just LOVE to make things sound fancier by adding “French” to the name to give it some “ooh là là”. See also: “French” vanilla ice cream (everywhere else in the world it’s just vanilla).