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These ‘French’ things weren’t actually created in France
    2018-07-23  08:53    Shenzhen Daily

French fries, French kiss and French braid — these things tagged with the word French were not actually invented in France.

There’s plenty of dispute over the inventor of the French press.

While French press coffee is beloved all around the world, the genius behind the French press has been disputed for nearly a century. According to The New York Times, a Frenchman is said to have invented the French press in the 19th century, but according to Serious Eats, the first patent of the famed coffee maker appeared in 1929 with an Italian inventor’s name attached to it.

French kissing is a misnomer.

While kissing with tongue might have been particularly popular in France, according to PopSugar, French kissing wasn’t invented by the French. The term French kissing became popular after World War I when soldiers returned home from Europe.

French fries are actually Belgian.

Rumor has it that French fries are only Gallic in name; the true origin of this popular American dish can be traced back to Belgium, according to National Geographic. The name French fries was supposedly given by American soldiers during WWI because the Belgians in the area spoke French, not Belgian. The name stuck and the rest is history.

The French braid is from North Africa.

It turns out these popular braids aren’t French at all. Instead, the origin of this ever-popular hairstyle can be found in North Africa, according to PopSugar. Although the French don’t claim the hairstyle as their own, it’s Americans that have given the braids this seriously inaccurate name.

Germans are responsible for the French horn.

According to EcoJazz, German inventor Heinrich Stoelzel was the creator of the French horn, which was named so after the instrument’s F pitch key. The name French horn was a mistake that Americans have never seemed to shake — similar to the U.S. disdain for the metric system.

Words to Learn 相关词汇

【误称】wùchēng misnomer a misapplied or inappropriate name or designation

【不准确的】bù zhǔnquè de inaccurate mistaken or incorrect, not accurate

法式薯条,法式接吻,法式发辫,这些自带“法国”标签的事物竟然都不是法国发明的。

法式压滤壶的发明者尚无定论。

法式压滤壶泡出的咖啡受到世界各地民众的喜爱,但是关于法式压滤壶的发明者已经争论了近一个世纪。

据《纽约时报》报道,一个法国人在19世纪发明了法式压滤壶,但是Serious Eats网站指出,这种著名压滤壶的第一个专利是在1929年出现的,注册的发明者是一个意大利人。

法式接吻是误称。

舌吻也许在法国特别流行,但据PopSugar网站所称,法式接吻(舌吻)并不是法国人发明的。法式接吻一词是一战后士兵从欧洲返家时开始流行起来的。

法式薯条其实是比利时人发明的。

传言说法式薯条只是名字和法国人有关系,《国家地理》杂志指出,这种受欢迎的美国小吃其实起源于比利时。据说,法式薯条的名字是美国士兵在一战期间起的,因为战区的比利时人讲的是法语,而不是比利时语。这个名字就这么留下来了,后来的事大家都知道了。

法式发辫源自北非。

据说,法式发辫根本不是法国人首创。PopSugar网站指出,这种一直都很流行的发辫其实来自北非。尽管法国人从未自称发明了这种发辫,但美国人却给这种发辫起了“法式发辫”的错误名字。

法国号是德国人发明的。

据EcoJazz网站报道,德国发明家海因里希· 斯太泽尔是法国号的创造者,这种号角是以该乐器的音高基调F键命名的。美国人总是改不掉这个错误的名字,就像美国人不待见公制计量法一样。

(Chinadaily.com.cn)

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