FRENCH toast - in France - is "grilled bread" (pain grillé).
In FRENCH Canada, it's known as "golden bread" (pain doré).
My Afghani students laughed when I told them that a knitted or crocheted blanket was called an "afghan."
Why? they wanted to know... I had no idea. Were they originally made from yarn from AFGHANISTAN? (Just as cashmere sweaters were named after wool from nearby KASHMIR.)
In Hebrew, turkeys are called "INDIA chickens."
I asked a Turkish student what turkeys are called in Turkey. He also replied: "INDIA chickens."
I wonder what "INDIA chickens" (turkeys) are called in INDIA...
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