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To: Red Badger

For whatever reason, many people will use the term Frog when referring to Frenchmen.


19 posted on 05/21/2026 8:01:03 AM PDT by lee martell
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To: lee martell

https://grammarhow.com/why-the-french-are-called-frogs/

(One that’s not mentioned at the link is that the fleur-de-lis supposedly looked something like a frog, to the English...)


52 posted on 05/21/2026 9:41:42 AM PDT by Jamestown1630 ("A Republic, if you can keep it.")
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