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French
fries
Frankfurter
- a
hot dog
named after the German city but not often eaten there
Wiener
- a
hot dog
sausage named for, Vienna, the capital of Austria (German: Wien)
Hamburger
- a
sandwich
, named after the German city
Ebola River
virus
Panama
hat
- not made in Panama (according to Ripley's
Believe It Or Not
)
Buffalo
wings
- style of deep fried
chicken
wings invented at the Anchor Bar in Buffalo, New York
Bermuda
shorts
Canadian
bacon
Dutch
oven
English
muffin
Hollywood Values
- anti-Christian deceit foisted upon us by the liberal elite
Wiener Schnitzel - a fried veal cutlet called "Viennese Schnitzel" in German
Milanesa - a fried meat cutlet made in the "Milanese" style popular among Mexican-Americans
Parma
ham
Champagne
- named after
Champagne
, a region in France
Mayonnaise
-
mayonnaise
after Mayon in Menorca
Danish
pastries
- called Viennese Pastries there
Vaudeville
theater
Belgian
waffles
Shanghai
- a
darts
term meaning to hit the single, double and treble of the same number in three darts.
Bombay mix - named after the old name for
Mumbai
.
Bikini
bathing suit - this was being promoted just after a hydrogen bomb test in the Bikini atoll in the
Pacific
, and that word was in the news. The promoters of the bathing suit thought that it would be a good name.
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