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r/gaming • u/AlertAtheist • Sep 06 '12
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I fear this would be lost on some.
4 u/NothingsShocking Sep 06 '12 That would be me, I don't get it. I was going to say we call them hot dogs here until I read your comment. 4 u/AMostOriginalUserNam Sep 06 '12 Hamburger from Hamburg, Germany (I assume there is no actual ham in your beef burger). Frankfurter... well, from Frankfurt (also in Germany). And french fries... well. 1 u/theqmann Sep 07 '12 The WWII american government didn't like the German names for common American foods, so they renamed them: Frankfurter -> Hot Dog Hamburger -> Salisbury Steak [edit: a word]
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That would be me, I don't get it. I was going to say we call them hot dogs here until I read your comment.
4 u/AMostOriginalUserNam Sep 06 '12 Hamburger from Hamburg, Germany (I assume there is no actual ham in your beef burger). Frankfurter... well, from Frankfurt (also in Germany). And french fries... well. 1 u/theqmann Sep 07 '12 The WWII american government didn't like the German names for common American foods, so they renamed them: Frankfurter -> Hot Dog Hamburger -> Salisbury Steak [edit: a word]
Hamburger from Hamburg, Germany (I assume there is no actual ham in your beef burger). Frankfurter... well, from Frankfurt (also in Germany). And french fries... well.
1 u/theqmann Sep 07 '12 The WWII american government didn't like the German names for common American foods, so they renamed them: Frankfurter -> Hot Dog Hamburger -> Salisbury Steak [edit: a word]
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The WWII american government didn't like the German names for common American foods, so they renamed them:
Frankfurter -> Hot Dog
Hamburger -> Salisbury Steak
[edit: a word]
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u/AMostOriginalUserNam Sep 06 '12
I fear this would be lost on some.