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Re:15ft tumbleweeds trap drivers and force Washington state ... by irrational on Monday January 06, 2020 @08:42AM (#21969028)
Well, that's fascinating. I had no idea the French had the equivalent of french fries, french toast, french beans, french dip, french onion soup, french onion dip, french silk pie, and other stuff that has "french" in the name but probably has no real relationship to France.
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Re:15ft tumbleweeds trap drivers and force Washington state ... by reaperducer on Monday January 06, 2020 @09:22AM (#21969286)
Along those lines, "Philadelphia" cream cheese was invented in Goshen, New York. The city name was used because at the time, "Philadelphia" was synonymous with "quality."

You run into a lot of this kind of thing if you're in to word origins.

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Re:15ft tumbleweeds trap drivers and force Washington state ... by avip on Monday January 06, 2020 @09:48AM (#21969476)
A known crowd-pleaser in this field is the "Jerusalem Artichoke"[0] which has nothing to with any of the words.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jerusalem_artichoke

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Re:15ft tumbleweeds trap drivers and force Washington state ... by jessaustin on Monday January 06, 2020 @12:42PM (#21971144)
I'm convinced the second word was selected because prefixing an "f" tells one most of what one needs to know about this vegetable.
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