[UA] french fries [was:This sonuvabitch has really done it]

[Joe Littrell]

At 10:18 PM 3/21/2003 -0500, Walter F. Croft wrote:
>on 3/21/03 9:26 PM, it was written by Dedal:
> > French rumor : did some american burger store really rename the "french
> > fries" by "freedom fries" those days ?
> > Mak Attax manipulation ? Maybe "freedom" is more relevant for rituals ?
> >
>It was the U.S. House of Representatives, who just last week formally
>changed "French fries" on the menu in their cafeteria to "Freedom fries."

Have URL. Will Travel.


French fries get new name in House restaurants
By JIM ABRAMS
Associated Press
<http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/ap/20030312/ap_wo_en_po/na_gen_us_freedom_fries_2>

"Lawmakers struck a lunchtime blow against the French in House cafeterias, 
putting "freedom fries" on the menu. And for breakfast they'll now have 
"freedom toast.""


French Fry Ban Targets Wrong Country?
Reuters
http://asia.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=oddlyEnoughNews&storyID=2375353

"The U.S. Congress picked on the wrong country when it replaced "French 
fries" with "Freedom fries" on its menus to protest France's opposition to 
a possible U.S.-led war in Iraq, according to a Belgian fry expert."


Linguistic jingoism has little impact overseas
By Michael Collins
Scripps Howard News Service
http://www.bouldernews.com/bdc/iraq/article/0,1713,BDC_10087_1808564,00.html

"Angry Americans fed up with French pacifism have banned french fries and 
french toast from restaurant menus."




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