Difference between revisions of "Things named after places"
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*[[Wien]]er - a [[hot dog]] sausage named for, Vienna, the capital of Austria (German: Wien) | *[[Wien]]er - a [[hot dog]] sausage named for, Vienna, the capital of Austria (German: Wien) | ||
*[[Hamburg]]er - a [[hamburger|sandwich]], named after the German city | *[[Hamburg]]er - a [[hamburger|sandwich]], named after the German city | ||
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*[[Panama]] {{s2|Panama|hat}} - not made in Panama (according to Ripley's ''Believe It Or Not'') | *[[Panama]] {{s2|Panama|hat}} - not made in Panama (according to Ripley's ''Believe It Or Not'') | ||
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*[[Buffalo, New York|Buffalo]] [[Buffalo wings|wings]] - style of deep fried [[chicken]] wings invented at the Anchor Bar in Buffalo, New York | *[[Buffalo, New York|Buffalo]] [[Buffalo wings|wings]] - style of deep fried [[chicken]] wings invented at the Anchor Bar in Buffalo, New York | ||
*[[Bermuda]] [[Bermuda shorts|shorts]] | *[[Bermuda]] [[Bermuda shorts|shorts]] | ||
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*[[Denmark|Danish]] [[Danish pastries|pastries]] - called Viennese Pastries there | *[[Denmark|Danish]] [[Danish pastries|pastries]] - called Viennese Pastries there | ||
*[[Vaudeville]] [[vaudeville|theater]] | *[[Vaudeville]] [[vaudeville|theater]] | ||
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*[[Belgium|Belgian]] [[Belgian waffles|waffles]] | *[[Belgium|Belgian]] [[Belgian waffles|waffles]] | ||
*[[Shanghai]] - a [[darts]] term meaning to hit the single, double and treble of the same number in three darts. | *[[Shanghai]] - a [[darts]] term meaning to hit the single, double and treble of the same number in three darts. | ||
Revision as of 16:36, March 30, 2009
- French fries
- Frankfurter - a hot dog named after the German city but not often eaten there
- Wiener - a hot dog sausage named for, Vienna, the capital of Austria (German: Wien)
- Hamburger - a sandwich, named after the German city
- Ebola virus
- Panama hat - not made in Panama (according to Ripley's Believe It Or Not)
- Buffalo wings - style of deep fried chicken wings invented at the Anchor Bar in Buffalo, New York
- Bermuda shorts
- Canadian bacon
- Dutch oven
- English muffin
- Hollywood Values - anti-Christian deceit foisted upon us by the liberal elite
- Wiener Schnitzel - a fried veal cutlet called "Viennese Schnitzel" in German
- Milanesa - a fried meat cutlet made in the "Milanese" style popular among Mexican-Americans
- Parma ham
- Champagne - champagne
- Mayonnaise - mayonnaise after Mayon in Menorca
- Danish pastries - called Viennese Pastries there
- Vaudeville theater
- Belgian waffles
- Shanghai - a darts term meaning to hit the single, double and treble of the same number in three darts.
- Bombay mix - named after the old name for Mumbai.
- Bikini bathing suit - this was being promoted just after a hydrogen bomb test in the Bikini atoll in the Pacific, and that word was in the news. The promoters of the bathing suit thought that it would be a good name.
