# TIME Magazine: French people are "Frogs"

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/time-magazine-french-people-are-frogs/464751>\
**Category:** The BBQ Pit\
**Created:** [September 22, 2008, 10:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/time-magazine-french-people-are-frogs/464751 "2008-09-22T22:47:48Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![LouisB](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/dfb087/32.png) [@LouisB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LouisB)\
**Post date:** [September 23, 2008, 9:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/time-magazine-french-people-are-frogs/464751/81 "2008-09-23T21:34:50Z")

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> [@GuanoLad](#):
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> Um… huh?
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> The term “Frogs” comes from the French delicacy “frog legs”.

I ate quite a few froglegs back home in Texas. We didn’t allow French people into the state back then.

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**Author:** ![Ukulele\_Ike](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/df788c/32.png) [@Ukulele\_Ike](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ukulele_Ike)\
**Post date:** [September 23, 2008, 9:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/time-magazine-french-people-are-frogs/464751/82 "2008-09-23T21:46:46Z")

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You didn’t eat the whole damn thing? And I always thought Texans were tough guys.

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**Author:** ![WilhelmGefallen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/9f8e36/32.png) [@WilhelmGefallen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WilhelmGefallen)\
**Post date:** [September 24, 2008, 4:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/time-magazine-french-people-are-frogs/464751/83 "2008-09-24T04:09:51Z")

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> [@The\_Second\_Stone](#):
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> Well in all fairness to the Brits, their cooking has improved greatly over the past quarter century.

You’ve never had my fathers cooking _shudder_ definately no improvement in the last quarter century 🙂

He manages to both overcook and under season EVERYTHING, except for Suet Pudding which he cooks properly but still under seasons.

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**Author:** ![Kevbo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e47774/32.png) [@Kevbo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kevbo)\
**Post date:** [September 24, 2008, 4:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/time-magazine-french-people-are-frogs/464751/84 "2008-09-24T04:46:36Z")

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> [@Frank](#):
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> And of course they should be! They are Canucks.

I know several Icebacks that get offended if you call them Canucks.

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