Stinky Tofu; Surf & Turf; Italian Iced Tea

[Paul Frank]

> STINKY, SMELLY TOFU
> ...
> Thanks to Ben Zimmer for using "bean curd" to track this to 1980.  It's
> often
> transliterated as "dofou," which is why I thought "tofu"  would be used.
> But

Actually, it's often transliterated as doufu, because that's what it's
called in Chinese (in the pinyin transliteration). Tofu is Japanese.
It's too bad that "bean curd" has been replaced by "tofu."

Paul
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Paul Frank
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