Fries

[Wilson Gray]

"Good bread and green cheese is good English and [supposedly] good Fries."

I've read little Fries and heard even less, but it's enough to make me
doubt the validity of this saying - or writing, since I've never heard
anyone say it - in any of its various permutations.

-Wilson

On 9/13/07, Dennis Preston <preston at msu.edu> wrote:
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> >Can someone tell me how Charles Fries pronounced his last name? Is it /i/ or
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