Psst…speaking as a parent myself, it is also possible that she was just saying that so that you would feel good about giving her your candy castoffs. It’s a repeating heart-warming interaction between the two of you that you’re still thinking about fondly, and that may have been the point.
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It was US GIs in World War I who started calling it that, from being embedded with Belgian troops, who sure loved their frites. Belgium at the time, as now, was a country with a French/Flemish divide, but back then it was extremely begrudging on the Flemish side. The prestige language was French, and the officer corps used French exclusively.
Still the reason why Brussels is a French-first place despite being an island of it within the Flandrian part of the country. Or, yes, the city of Brussel in Vlaanderen if we use the Vlaams [Flemish] words for them.
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My mom likes those Necco wafers - which I do like some of the flavors, but she likes them a lot more.
She was complaining about the price last time I saw her, but I found some at a gas station on the way down and got her a handful.
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