# McDonalds menu nomenclature

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mcdonalds-menu-nomenclature/193824>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [August 8, 2003, 1:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mcdonalds-menu-nomenclature/193824 "2003-08-08T13:43:06Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 7\
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**Author:** ![Slainte](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a698b9/32.png) [@Slainte](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slainte)\
**Post date:** [August 10, 2003, 11:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mcdonalds-menu-nomenclature/193824/61 "2003-08-10T23:41:56Z")

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**chaoticdonkey** the McDonald’s in the Charleston, SC area (not sure about the rest of the State) haven’t had Medium fries for quite a while, at least a year or two. I have no idea why this is, it just seems like some arbitrary decision to annoy their customers. I’ve resigned myself to ordering Large fries (on the rare occasion that I eat there). Small is too small, large is more than I want.

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**Author:** ![chaoticbear](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f07891/32.png) [@chaoticbear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chaoticbear)\
**Post date:** [August 11, 2003, 1:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mcdonalds-menu-nomenclature/193824/62 "2003-08-11T01:16:10Z")

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i’ma call corporate and rat them out… after i check the core menu requirements wednesday…

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**Author:** ![Slainte](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a698b9/32.png) [@Slainte](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slainte)\
**Post date:** [August 11, 2003, 1:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mcdonalds-menu-nomenclature/193824/63 "2003-08-11T01:38:35Z")

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Ah, maybe there is hope for medium fries after all.

Thanks.

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**Author:** ![tracer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tracer/32/20578_2.png) [@tracer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tracer)\
**Post date:** [August 11, 2003, 4:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mcdonalds-menu-nomenclature/193824/64 "2003-08-11T04:31:05Z")

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Are medium fries served in a rigid paper/thin-cardboard container with a slightly concave bottom, like the large fries are?

I remember in the early 1970s McDonalds introduced the “Large Order of Fries”. Before that, there was only **one** size of French fries. I am guessing that what was introduced as “Large” fries in the 1970s is what is called **medium** fries today.

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**Author:** ![tracer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tracer/32/20578_2.png) [@tracer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tracer)\
**Post date:** [August 11, 2003, 2:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mcdonalds-menu-nomenclature/193824/65 "2003-08-11T14:32:40Z")

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> \*Originally posted by chaoticdonkey \*  
> \*\*(Shameless McPlug: go try a new dulche de leche shake… they’re [yum smiley]… something about the syrup makes them really creamy… odd b/c the syrup is translucent… not creamy… taste like caramel… mmm… 2nd best McShake ever, right behind Arctic Orange…) \*\*

_sigh_ … I miss the Shamrock Shake.

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**Author:** ![Horseflesh](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/horseflesh/32/7502_2.png) [@Horseflesh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Horseflesh)\
**Post date:** [August 11, 2003, 8:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mcdonalds-menu-nomenclature/193824/66 "2003-08-11T20:04:55Z")

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Lately I’ve started ordering a ‘naked hamburger’ at any fast food burger joint.

I’ve found that if you say the word ‘naked’ you get the full attention of your order-taker (and sometimes the customers around you). I then elaborate in clear concise words: “Hamburger. Bun. That’s it.” This exchange has never failed to get the exact item that I want.

Give me Wendy’s square patties and Biggie fries any day.

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**Author:** ![tracer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tracer/32/20578_2.png) [@tracer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tracer)\
**Post date:** [August 11, 2003, 9:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mcdonalds-menu-nomenclature/193824/67 "2003-08-11T21:52:56Z")

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But they’re **square**! [Just like the Earth](http://home.netcom.com/~rogermw/square_earth.html)!

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