I will try again / myLot

St. Catharines, Ontario

March 3, 2022 8:36am CST

I posted earlier today about a diner in Quebec that has taken the word "poutine" off their menu in solidarity with Ukraine, because that is how Putin is spelt/pronounced in French. I don't know why my post disappeared.

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Anna

@LadyDuck (472386)

• Switzerland

3 Mar 22

Putin has Italian ancestors (not the first bad apple in Italy), from Veneto, Putin means "little boy" in their dialect.

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BarBaraPrz

@BarBaraPrz (48034)

• St. Catharines, Ontario

3 Mar 22

And that's so fitting.

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Marlina

@marlina (154130)

• Canada

3 Mar 22

He reminds me of a small rooster!

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Anna

@LadyDuck (472386)

• Switzerland

3 Mar 22

@BarBaraPrz I fully agree with you.

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Xavier Bage

@franxav (13891)

• India

3 Mar 22

Probably because Putin is now an unacceptable word.

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BarBaraPrz

@BarBaraPrz (48034)

• St. Catharines, Ontario

3 Mar 22

But poutine is still tasty.

Marlina

@marlina (154130)

• Canada

5 Mar 22

Putin and poutine are 2 different things.

patgalca

@patgalca (18405)

• Orangeville, Ontario

4 Mar 22

How do we order "poutine" now?

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patgalca

@patgalca (18405)

• Orangeville, Ontario

4 Mar 22

@BarBaraPrz My husband heard someone order poutine in Cuba. The servers knew what it was. My husband ordered fries with cheese but they forgot the cheese. Next time he ordered poutine and all he got was gravy on his fries... and not very good gravy at that. So many Americans do not know what poutine is, how do the Cubans know? Perhaps because 90% of their clientele are Canadian.

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BarBaraPrz

@BarBaraPrz (48034)

• St. Catharines, Ontario

4 Mar 22

@patgalca That's probably it.

BarBaraPrz

@BarBaraPrz (48034)

• St. Catharines, Ontario

4 Mar 22

Well, if you're at that diner, you just say fries, cheese and gravy.

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snowy

@snowy22315 (183621)

• United States

3 Mar 22

I wish somebody would take him off the planet personally.

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Marlina

@marlina (154130)

• Canada

5 Mar 22

Pouf!

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Marlina

@marlina (154130)

• Canada

3 Mar 22

Funny as I asked my sister in Quebec if she was still going to eat poutine!

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BarBaraPrz

@BarBaraPrz (48034)

• St. Catharines, Ontario

5 Mar 22

@marlina Poutine can be yummy when not over-salted.

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BarBaraPrz

@BarBaraPrz (48034)

• St. Catharines, Ontario

3 Mar 22

And what was her answer?

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Marlina

@marlina (154130)

• Canada

5 Mar 22

@BarBaraPrz , Her answer was yes as it is not the same thing at all.

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@DaddyEvil (138952)

• United States

3 Mar 22

You could always pm GAA and ask why the earlier discussion was removed.

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APasserBy

@LittleMel (8742)

• Canada

4 Mar 22

I have a response disappeared, not sure why. As for poutine, I can see why they removed it although I wouldn't do that just because of what's happening in the world. It has nothing to do with a person.

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BarBaraPrz

@BarBaraPrz (48034)

• St. Catharines, Ontario

4 Mar 22

They didn't remove it, just not calling it poutine.

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ShannyBananny

@shaggin (73059)

• United States

3 Mar 22

That is thoughtful of them to take that off their menu. Was the other post shorter then this? That may be why it was deleted.

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BarBaraPrz

@BarBaraPrz (48034)

• St. Catharines, Ontario

3 Mar 22

Yes, Alice done tol' me...

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celticeagle

@celticeagle (169846)

• Boise, Idaho

3 Mar 22

I had one of my posts disappear a while back also.

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BarBaraPrz

@BarBaraPrz (48034)

• St. Catharines, Ontario

4 Mar 22

Can't blame it on invisible ink.

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celticeagle

@celticeagle (169846)

• Boise, Idaho

4 Mar 22

@BarBaraPrz .......Not on the site. No sireee.

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rebelann1949

@rebelann (113136)

• El Paso, Texas

3 Mar 22

It's all so darn silly but it seems that every time the media slams a country we here in the US and Canada start pulling anything dealing with those countries off the shelf. It's not the fault of the people there it's the government that's to blame.

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BarBaraPrz

@BarBaraPrz (48034)

• St. Catharines, Ontario

3 Mar 22

The diner still serves poutine but they're just calling it fries, cheese and gravy.

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rebelann1949

@rebelann (113136)

• El Paso, Texas

3 Mar 22

Well, at least that's the smart way to appeal to the sillies ..... oh dang, now I'm hungry, that sounds so good right now.