Street Food

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nsaspook

Joined Aug 27, 2009
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Today I learned.

You can't translate Nachos, its the name of the guy who invented them! Ignacio Anaya aka Nacho Anaya.


https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/montreal-cafe-solit-oqlf-french-9.7228797

She recalls being asked about terms such as "chicken nachos" and "flat white."

"They said your chicken nachos is in English," Rahimi recalled.

"So we changed it to 'nachos au poulet', but they said, 'no, the word nachos... you should find a French equivalent for that.' I said, ‘What do you mean?'" she laughed in disbelief.
 
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