Re: phonology of borrowed words

Danny Wier wrote:
> "Lost bread"? And we got "Texas toast", which is a big thick slice of
> toasted buttered bread.
I once saw a brand called something about New York, that sold Texas
toast, and was a product of Canada.  :-)

> And weren't French fries (potatoes, _pommes frites_) invented in Germany
> actually? And didn't hamburger come from the Tatars?
I believe French Fries were invented in America.  The name, as I
understand it, comes from a cooking term "French" meaning "cut into thin
strips", so French friend potatoes means potatoes cut into thin strips
and then fried, exactly what they are.  :-)

The hamburger as a sandwich was created in the US from what was called
"Hamburger steak", which was brought over by immigrants from Hamburg,
and Hamburger steak was a modification of a recipe that originated with
some other group, perhaps the Tartars, but I'm not sure exactly if it
was them or someone else.

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