English Is A Funny Language!
@dragon68 (757)
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@prashu228 (37524)
• India
10 May 17
@Nawsheen i can see the happiness and satisfaction on the face
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@responsiveme (22926)
• India
7 May 17
I really hope there is no dog in the hot dog.
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@prashu228 (37524)
• India
7 May 17
yeah , if someone ask us to translate hot dogs to our native language , then you think. once my granny asked me what is hot dog called in our native language, as she really have no idea about western food. I was very young to explain
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@dragon68 (757)
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7 May 17
@prashu228 Yes hotdog originates from the West and among the popular food.
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@prashu228 (37524)
• India
7 May 17
haha, in my childhood i used ti think hotdogs are made of dogs meat
, really no idea what that was..
, really no idea what that was..1 person likes this
@LeaPea2417 (37355)
• Toccoa, Georgia
15 May 17
Yes, it is an odd language with all it's idioms etc, but since it is my main language , it really does make sense in my mind.
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@Ruby3881 (1963)
• Canada
4 Jun 17
Actually, in the case of hamburgers and hot dogs, it's German and not English that is the source of the "weirdness."
Hamburgers are named for Hamburg steaks, which are named for the German city. "Burger" is a backformation from "hamburger." It's only because of this word that we even think to ask if there is ham in a hamburger.
Frankfurter and wiener are both German names for hot dogs. And we call sausages of this type "dogs" because dog meat was commonly eaten in Germany once, and I guess people who preferred not to consume dog meat were suspicious of it being hidden in sausages.
The "corn" in corned beef is the only non-German item on your list. It comes very simply from the kernels, or "corns" of coarse salt that are used to cure the beef. So yes, there are corns (not corn as in maize) in corned beef.
