Do you call the fries...

Olivier · Post by **Olivier** » Thu Mar 20, 2003 9:29 pm

About the (ridiculous) debate about the fries, in the USA (where some pro war want to rename fhe french fries "freedom fries")... what is your opinion?

I call my fries "frites"... for me, they come from Belgium.

Tiger · Post by **Tiger** » Thu Mar 20, 2003 9:41 pm

Ofcourse they come from Belgium !!!

Fries, frieten, des frites, as long there is no 'french' or 'freedom' in front of it.

(oh, and don't even mention 'patat' :p)

Post by **HNL** » Thu Mar 20, 2003 9:48 pm

I miss the option "patat", that's the most regular word in the Netherlands. We don't use "friet" (at least above the line The Hague - Arnhem

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Olivier · Post by **Olivier** » Thu Mar 20, 2003 9:49 pm

Tiger wrote:Ofcourse they come from Belgium !!!

Fries, frieten, des frites, as long there is no 'french' or 'freedom' in front of it.
(oh, and don't even mention 'patat' :p)

In Spain, they say Patatas fritas!

emmem · Post by **emmem** » Thu Mar 20, 2003 10:29 pm

Sometimes we call them "Frietjes van de frituur"

Tiger · Post by **Tiger** » Thu Mar 20, 2003 10:48 pm

in correct Dutch (but more used in Belgium) it's 'frieten' but in almost every fries-shop they write 'fritten' (the way it's pronounced)

In the Netherlands, they say 'patat' which is the abbreviation of 'patates frites' (at least according to Van Dale dictionary)

micro · Post by **micro** » Thu Mar 20, 2003 10:59 pm

I would call them the way they are called in the country where I want to order them.

In Germany they're called "Pommes Frites" (and pronounced "pomm fritts"), and since my youth I frequently wonder if this pronunciation is correct French. Shouldn't the 's' in 'frites' be silent? Can anyone solve this riddle for me?

Olivier · Post by **Olivier** » Thu Mar 20, 2003 11:04 pm

micro wrote:I would call them the way they are called in the country where I want to order them.

In Germany they're called "Pommes Frites" (and pronounced "pomm fritts"), and since my youth I frequently wonder if this pronunciation is correct French. Shouldn't the 's' in 'frites' be silent? Can anyone solve this riddle for me?

You don't pronounce the last S of frites

"FriT" is good

K3lvin · Post by **K3lvin** » Thu Mar 20, 2003 11:07 pm

Ranskanperunat = French potatoes, or just shorter 'ranskikset' = the french (note: there is is a diffirent word for French people/language, so the word 'ranskikset' cannot be used to describe them).

And that Freedom Fries thing is very childish, I thought it was a joke when I first heard about it. Wasn't it some congressman/senator from the US who made it up?

Tiger · Post by **Tiger** » Thu Mar 20, 2003 11:23 pm

K3lvin wrote:Ranskanperunat = French potatoes, or just shorter 'ranskikset' = the french (note: there is is a diffirent word for French people/language, so the word 'ranskikset' cannot be used to describe them).

In my dictionary they say 'ranskalaiset perunat'.
What's the difference with 'ranskanperunat' ?

Gauss · Post by **Gauss** » Thu Mar 20, 2003 11:46 pm

You should have added the option "Other name" to your poll. The objects in question are "Pommes frites" (say: pommfritt), slang: Fritten.

K3lvin · Post by **K3lvin** » Thu Mar 20, 2003 11:53 pm

Tiger wrote: In my dictionary they say 'ranskalaiset perunat'.
What's the difference with 'ranskanperunat' ?

There's no really big diffirence, both are used. 'Ranskalaiset perunat' might be more formal, but usually in spoken language, only 'ranskikset' or 'ranskalaiset' are used.

eurobillsandcoins · Post by **eurobillsandcoins** » Fri Mar 21, 2003 2:52 am

I'm french why call em French fries?

K3lvin · Post by **K3lvin** » Fri Mar 21, 2003 4:05 am

eurobillsandcoins wrote:I'm french why call em French fries?

Heh

So do people generally call them French fries or just fries in France? Or Belgian Fries?

EDIT: oh, wait I know already. Pommes frites. What 'pommes' means? Potato?

Olivier · Post by **Olivier** » Fri Mar 21, 2003 4:25 am

K3lvin wrote:
eurobillsandcoins wrote:I'm french why call em French fries?
Heh So do people generally call them French fries or just fries in France? Or Belgian Fries?

EDIT: oh, wait I know already. Pommes frites. What 'pommes' means? Potato?

No, no... In France, we say "frites". That's all. Before coming in America, I didn't know the fries had a nationality...

I suggest that we now call the fries... "Eurofries"!

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