Lost in Translation--US vs UK English words

[Lallans]

[QUOTE=starbkjrus;837450]Please tell me that a CANADIAN didn't just use the actual term Freedom Fries! Honestly, that one should never have been and anyone that wishes to use it should PM me and I will tell them post-haste and at length why that one was never appropriate.

REPLY: We in Canada have a complicated relationship with The Land Of France. I know that those of Quebec heritage have to put up with the sort of distain from the Euro French that, say, Austrailians or Kiwis have to endure from their home country of the UK- but done in the way that only the Euro French can do it.

Anglo Canadians, on the other hand, remember that French President Charles 'Of-All-DeGaulle' once came here and made a televised speech calling for Quebec to leave Canada. This in a country that had just fought for 7 years to free France from the consequences of their surrender tendencies!

And me, I have too much Scots-Irish in me to either forget about the above or to not get a verbal dig in, however obscure.

In short, I as a Canadian say "Let 'Freedom Fries' ring!"