amonseuldesir (amonseuldesir) wrote in linguaphiles,
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Nationalized food

It is nice to examine those cases where different kinds of food are "nationalized" and obtain (a presumed, or not presumed) national origin. Few examples come to my mind: bistecca milanese vs. Wiener schnitzel; Greek coffee vs. Turkish coffee; and the big poor game bird Turkey (e.g. in English) vs. Dinde, i.e. from India (in French, Polish, Hebrew and more). Can you imagine what would happen if you ask for a fried Indian in an American restaurant, or for a Turkish coffee in Athens?
Any more such examples?










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  • Interpretation of the Legend

    (inscriptions on the Kushan Kingdom coins / надписи на монетах Кушанского царства)

  • Spanish query

    I would be most grateful if anyone could help me out with a Spanish idiom, an expression appearing in a discussion of torture from the late 18th…

  • A very strange Etruscan inscription

    Chiusi is a small town in Italy (province of Siena, Tuscany). And once it was one of the most powerful centers of the Etruscan League of 12 cities.…