Comments on: The polysemous paragon, or How the turkey got its name http://www.starchamber.com/2007/03/the-polysemous-paragon-or-how-turkey-got-its-name.html Ned Gulley's Blog. Resident buzzwords: synthetic biology, ambient displays, swarm robotics, wise crowds. Tue, 02 Dec 2008 12:49:38 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.5 By: St. Frank http://www.starchamber.com/2007/03/the-polysemous-paragon-or-how-turkey-got-its-name.html#comment-4048 St. Frank Wed, 14 Mar 2007 04:21:43 +0000 http://www.starchamber.com/2007/03/the-polysemous-paragon-or-how-turkey-got-its-name.html#comment-4048 Awesome post!! But there's still no explanation for Freedom Fries. Speaking of renaming food, how about Salisbury Steak for Hamburger(Ich bin ein Hambuger!) during World War I? I thought they renamed the Frankfurter (and Winer?)to Hot Dog then, but can't find a source. And a "Pariser" in German means an inhabitant of Paris, although it has other meanings as well: umgangssprachlich als Verballhornung der Kurzform Präser von Präservativ ein Kondom Good times. Awesome post!! But there’s still no explanation for Freedom Fries.

Speaking of renaming food, how about Salisbury Steak for Hamburger(Ich bin ein Hambuger!) during World War I? I thought they renamed the Frankfurter (and Winer?)to Hot Dog then, but can’t find a source.

And a “Pariser” in German means an inhabitant of Paris, although it has other meanings as well:

umgangssprachlich als Verballhornung der Kurzform Präser von Präservativ ein Kondom

Good times.

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