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French Fries - Name Origins

ivan88 @ivan88 (193) • Canada 30 Dec 12

This name first appeared in English in 1856. It was a recipe-book called "Cookery for Maids For All Work." Later on, in the beginning of the 20th century, "French frying" was an equivalent of "deep frying." Some claim that the...

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the origin of football

Jared @CanuckPrince (1052) • Halifax, Nova Scotia 30 Dec 07

sooo im just realllllly curious as to how the sport americans call football got its name football.. soccer which i refer to as football makes sense to me.. but americans got this game they play with like 40+ guys on a team...

american football

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name origin/meanings

nicolecab @nicolecab (923) • United States 21 May 07

when my husband and i named our son i picked out the first name which is rylan and means dweller of the rye land. my husband wanted his middle name to be treize which he says is japanese; but i can not find the meaning or origin...

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What's in a name? - Do you know the true meaning of your name?

Soulistix @Soulistix (261) • Australia 3 Mar 07

Has anyone ever looked up the meaning of their first name? What does it really mean? Does it suit who you are as a person? Does it match your personality? Do a Google search, see what you find, and add it here!

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Tell me about your kids' names...

chaygylmommy @chaygylmommy (2469) • United States 9 Feb 07

I have this thing with names and where they come from and how they were picked. I love all kinds of names. I absolutely LOVE old fashioned names and very unusual names. My son's name is CHAYTON. It is from the Sioux Indian...

meanings of names

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anybody called Erik?

symontimea @symontimea (842) • Romania 23 Jan 07

Eric, in Norse, means "ever kingly" and "powerful ruler". Erik or Eric? did you know the name's origin?

GOLF - WHERE DID THE NAME OF THE GAME COME FROM?

gifana @gifana (4833) • Portugal 10 Dec 06

Who knows the origin of the word golf. BEST RESPONSE to the first who gets it right.

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