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:::::Well, since then I've turned up quite a bunch of conflicting origin stories, which I haven't had time to try to collect or make sense of. There is at least other source saying to "french" means to cut. Belgians do think they originated in Belgium, but it's not clear how widely this is believed elsewhere. I think folks should be careful about saying anything too definite about this. [[User:Dpbsmith|Dpbsmith]] 14:39, 16 March 2007 (EDT)
:::::Well, since then I've turned up quite a bunch of conflicting origin stories, which I haven't had time to try to collect or make sense of. There is at least other source saying to "french" means to cut. Belgians do think they originated in Belgium, but it's not clear how widely this is believed elsewhere. I think folks should be careful about saying anything too definite about this. [[User:Dpbsmith|Dpbsmith]] 14:39, 16 March 2007 (EDT)
::::::I'm from Belgium and I can confirm that we find it very strange that they are called "French" fries because they originate from Belgium, it's even our national food and you can by it on almost every corner of the street in a so called "frituur". So I prefer the term fries without any addition. --[[User:Gentenaar|Gentenaar]] ([[User talk:Gentenaar|talk]]) 14:43, 14 February 2017 (EST)
::::::I'm from Belgium and I can confirm that we find it very strange that they are called "French" fries because they originate from Belgium, it's even our national food and you can by it on almost every corner of the street in a so called "frituur". So I prefer the term fries without any addition. --[[User:Gentenaar|Gentenaar]] ([[User talk:Gentenaar|talk]]) 14:43, 14 February 2017 (EST)
::::::You clearly are a more expert source than me, then, but I've heard that at the time fries were invented, there was some political tension between France and Belgium. To appease/honor France and hopefully relieve some tension, they were named "French Fries" by Belgium. Do you know if there is any basis for this story? --[[User:DavidB4|<font color="ForestGreen">David B</font>]] <sup>([[User talk:DavidB4|TALK]])</sup> 14:52, 14 February 2017 (EST)
==False Statement?==
==False Statement?==