# Misread thread titles

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**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [September 11, 2017, 10:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/misread-thread-titles/796093 "2017-09-11T22:38:13Z")\
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[Noma Chief steps down](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/noma-chef-steps-down/1028597/1)

I was thinking NOMA was some government organization, and this was going to be about more firings / forced resignations in the Trump administration.

IIRC, don’t “chief” and “chef” come from the same root word? I know in French chef means basically manager/boss, which is almost synonymous with “chief”.

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