I blame YouTube, how many more Americanisms are we going to have to suffer ?

[Inspector]

The Freedom Fries thing came about because the French were in opposition to an invasion of Iraq that the US was pushing for after 9/11. Freedom fries - Wikipedia Pretty much gone now.....at least until the next time France disagrees.

Pete

 

[John Brown]

I know why it was supposed to have come about, my point is that the expression never really gained currency.

 

[Trainee neophyte]

Speaking of Freedom Fries, you can actually find poetry in American English, if you know where to look.

" . . you know frankly, going to war without France is like going deer hunting without an accordion"

Also virtually anything ever written by H L Mencken. H.L. Mencken Quotes (Author of A Mencken Chrestomathy)