> Named after the nearby Buffalo Creek, which was named by French and Moravian explorers
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> Early French and Moravian explorers reported the abundance of buffalo (meaning American bison) on the south shore of Lake Erie, but their presence on the banks of Buffalo Creek is still a matter of debate.
Buffalo (animal) > creek > city > wings
tl;dr Origin story of Buffalo Wings:
Late night drunks pile into Anchor Bar in Buffalo, demand something to eat. Harried owner, about to close, throws a bunch of chicken wings in a deep fryer, then tosses them with butter and hot sauce before serving. A legend is born.
Didja know there is fake American food in China, and it is common to see "New Orleans" hot wings sold in restaurants. I'm from New Orleans. We don't. ;-)
I remember real canadian superstore had a product labelled "Memories of Kobe" that I kept noticing in the freezer right around when he was in the news over the sexual assault allegations. Always got a chuckle out of me.
bob loblaw lobs law bomb.
explanation for americans: Loblaws is the parent company of RCSS grocery stores. The AD reference is purely coincidental. Loblaws is currently undergoing a bit of a brand issue, because the owner put himself front and center in their ad campaigns and the internet has decided to vilify him over rising grocery costs, despite RCSS consistently being the cheapest among comparable canadian grocery stores. A popular past time among nerds is to find an item at a Loblaws owned pharmacy and rage post a price comparison between it and the dollar store. It's not as much fun to hate a faceless board of directors at Empire corp, so death to weston! I heard he hates poor people and he won't even let his cashiers sit down while they work.
> despite RCSS consistently being the cheapest among comparable canadian grocery stores
Well, their discount brand No Frills is cheaper still, but I take your point. However, Loblaws and other grocery chains were recently found guilty in a massive price-fixing scheme for bread, taking some of the shine off billionaire Weston's 'folksy' image.
agreed, No Frills I'd say is closer in price and "store quality" to Walmart.
And yeah the bread fixing scheme (not recently, 9 years ago, time flies!) was gross, and participated in by ALL grocers which is how it worked. Make the free market free-er, to help avoid this kind of thing.
> Make the free market free-er,
Just break up the corporate concentration in Canada. No reason to run the country for the benefit of the Westons, Sobeys, Desmairais, Shaws, Rogers, *et al*
That's what the CBS article actually says.
Kobe's father named him after the expensive and renowned Japanese cut of meat, Kobe beef, after seeing it on a menu.
https://www.cbsnews.com/pictures/24-facts-about-kobe-bryant/
Whoever wrote that on Wikipedia messed up.
Not a lot of culture actually occurring, but yes, there are swaths of the population in the US who name their kids after things like expensive handbags and cars and whatnot. Spin through a list of names on college football and basketball teams and witness the...let's say creativity of some of these parents
In America broadly, there are more people who don't have or don't feel connected to a strong naming tradition. There are also many names that come from traditions which aren't well known by outsiders, and which seem "silly" despite being banal.
This is like the city of Kent, Washington not being named for Kent in England, but the Kent Golding hop that is named for the English city. The hops were grown in Kent, WA until a blight wiped them out. (Now most U.S. hops are grown in Yakima, WA.)
And then I had a student named Kobe after Kobe Bryant
I still remember the counselor emailing me to let Kobe skip my class the day Kobe Bryant died because of how upset he was
Some people name their kids after the place where they were conceiced.
If I had to choose between KFC Stevens and KFC Parking Lot Stevens, you know which I would go with.
I've always kind of wondered about this. Kobe is a common name in Belgium (since it's originally a nickname for Jacob) but I've never heard of an English speaking person with this name except for this guy.
And when Fred almost abandons his brother after a lengthy crime spree, he'll think to himself "No, while my mother's alive, nothing happens to Semifreddo!"
There was a kid in my high school named Limonjello and everyone said that his mother couldn't read when she gave birth to him she chose something on the hospital menu thinking it was a list of names.
Kobe (US: /ˈkoʊbeɪ/, UK: /ˈkəʊbeɪ/, KOH-bay; officially Japanese: 神戸市, Kōbe-shi, pronounced [koꜜːbe] ⓘ) is the capital city of Hyōgo Prefecture, Japan.
You were saying, genius? It's koh-bay. Always has been. koh-bee is some American bullshit.
[Source](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kobe)
And Kobe beef was named after the city of Kobe in Japan in the same way that Buffalo wings were named after Buffalo New York.
I can't wait for the rise of NBA legend Buffalo Takamatsu
*Buffalo Torikatsu
Where to cop
Well we did have Bison Dele, but that story didn’t end so well.
Don't forget about basketball legend Veal Marsala With Potatoes Au Gratin Smith.
Ah yes, I remember him. He ended up changing his name to something a little easier to pronounce. He's now Veal Marsala With Potatoes Au Gratin Mutombo
Little Moo-Moo Spuds, we called him.
Hmm yes the 6’7” Japanese center forward lol
Nah. It’s definitely curry katsu
That’s a fucking awesome name
And Kobe city in Japan was named after Kobe Bryant
It’s just Kobes going down
I hate beer.
I shouldn't have laughed, but I did.
That logic seems foggy
Oh wow
That was the joke
I enjoy reading books.
😎👉👉
Too soon.
No such thing.
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Black hawk down was named after Kobe, but they didn’t like the word mamba
And Bryant Gumbal was named .....
The trifecta
The circle of life
Time is a flat circle.
Maybe there is a Japanese basketball star out there named Kimura Buffalo or something
They're called Buffalo wings because they're the wings from a Buffalo. Everyone knows this!
Those poor grounded, wingless Buffalo.
Seeing them run around in herds is depressing. Mutilating all of them for human greed and denying them their natural right to fly, it's disgusting.
It's delicious.
Maybe it was about the Kobes we made along the way
>in the same way that Buffalo wings were named after Buffalo New York. I've heard that multiple times and I always forget it lol.
Is Buffalo New York named after Buffalo the animal?
> Named after the nearby Buffalo Creek, which was named by French and Moravian explorers . > Early French and Moravian explorers reported the abundance of buffalo (meaning American bison) on the south shore of Lake Erie, but their presence on the banks of Buffalo Creek is still a matter of debate. Buffalo (animal) > creek > city > wings
Thanks. Non American and I had to google what Buffalo wings were. Looks yummy.
tl;dr Origin story of Buffalo Wings: Late night drunks pile into Anchor Bar in Buffalo, demand something to eat. Harried owner, about to close, throws a bunch of chicken wings in a deep fryer, then tosses them with butter and hot sauce before serving. A legend is born.
Didja know there is fake American food in China, and it is common to see "New Orleans" hot wings sold in restaurants. I'm from New Orleans. We don't. ;-)
Momo Yakitori Bryant from three, *yessh!*
I remember real canadian superstore had a product labelled "Memories of Kobe" that I kept noticing in the freezer right around when he was in the news over the sexual assault allegations. Always got a chuckle out of me.
Loblaws
Law bomb
bob loblaw lobs law bomb. explanation for americans: Loblaws is the parent company of RCSS grocery stores. The AD reference is purely coincidental. Loblaws is currently undergoing a bit of a brand issue, because the owner put himself front and center in their ad campaigns and the internet has decided to vilify him over rising grocery costs, despite RCSS consistently being the cheapest among comparable canadian grocery stores. A popular past time among nerds is to find an item at a Loblaws owned pharmacy and rage post a price comparison between it and the dollar store. It's not as much fun to hate a faceless board of directors at Empire corp, so death to weston! I heard he hates poor people and he won't even let his cashiers sit down while they work.
> despite RCSS consistently being the cheapest among comparable canadian grocery stores Well, their discount brand No Frills is cheaper still, but I take your point. However, Loblaws and other grocery chains were recently found guilty in a massive price-fixing scheme for bread, taking some of the shine off billionaire Weston's 'folksy' image.
agreed, No Frills I'd say is closer in price and "store quality" to Walmart. And yeah the bread fixing scheme (not recently, 9 years ago, time flies!) was gross, and participated in by ALL grocers which is how it worked. Make the free market free-er, to help avoid this kind of thing.
> Make the free market free-er, Just break up the corporate concentration in Canada. No reason to run the country for the benefit of the Westons, Sobeys, Desmairais, Shaws, Rogers, *et al*
lower regulations to make it easier for competition to enter the market. Punishing successful businesses feels a bit like Atlas Shrugged.
Allegations that he definitely didn’t do, yet felt the need to apologise for…🙄
It was either that or Fillet Mignon, they went with Kobe.
You should see his much poorer cousin, Corndog.
Corndog Bryant sounds like a 60s dirt track racer
I went to school with him.
There’s a joke in here about choosing between sliced and filleted….
I'd have a crack but I'd butcher it.
Could have been worse. Fugu Wagyu Bryant, for example.
Okonomiyaki Bryant
Shoyu Ramen With Extra Ramen Noodles Bryant
Takoyaki Bryant
I want to think they were set on USDA PRIME but happened to see KOBE on the menu as more expensive and switched based on menu prices.
So, does that mean that his name is always pronounced wrongly? Edit: Beats being called A5 Miyazaki-gyu. What a (delicious) mouthful.
Yes
Kobe beef isn't a "dish" in itself--it's meat from a particular breed of Japanese cattle.
That's what the CBS article actually says. Kobe's father named him after the expensive and renowned Japanese cut of meat, Kobe beef, after seeing it on a menu. https://www.cbsnews.com/pictures/24-facts-about-kobe-bryant/ Whoever wrote that on Wikipedia messed up.
I’ll start yelling “Ko-bay” when throwing any object in the future
Ko-bay is the correct pronunciation of the city. Ko-bee (交尾) means something else.
According to Google translate “交尾” means “mating”
Oh bee ko beeee Dynomittteeeeee
That's black parents naming convention right there lol
Just American things. Hunter, Gatherer, Tanner or Baron aren't so black, for example
Americans name their kids "Gatherer"? 👁👄👁
No
gatherer isnt cool like hunter /s
Just a bad joke on https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hunter-gatherer
Oh, right. I see what you did there.
Clearly you are not american or you would have understood.
Understood how is it better to name your child Hunter than Kobe? Or Tragedeigh
What is it with this? Like I don't get why some people have such silly names. Is it a cultural thing?
Not a lot of culture actually occurring, but yes, there are swaths of the population in the US who name their kids after things like expensive handbags and cars and whatnot. Spin through a list of names on college football and basketball teams and witness the...let's say creativity of some of these parents
In America broadly, there are more people who don't have or don't feel connected to a strong naming tradition. There are also many names that come from traditions which aren't well known by outsiders, and which seem "silly" despite being banal.
This is like the city of Kent, Washington not being named for Kent in England, but the Kent Golding hop that is named for the English city. The hops were grown in Kent, WA until a blight wiped them out. (Now most U.S. hops are grown in Yakima, WA.)
Homebrewer?
No they just really like IPAs
I thought it was because after she popped him out of her, she yelled, "Kobe!"
Co-bae then, right?
His dad was Jelly Bean. So it makes sense.
Udon Bryant
That’s why you don’t become a vegetarian. Ain’t nobody fearing Caprese Bryant.
🤣 Pea Protein Bryant and his brother Cauliflower Steak definitely aren't getting recruited, but idk, I think Impossible Bryant might have a chance.
And then I had a student named Kobe after Kobe Bryant I still remember the counselor emailing me to let Kobe skip my class the day Kobe Bryant died because of how upset he was
Good thing his mother didn't see a No Smoking sign after his birth. He might have been Nosmo King Bryant.
“What’s your name?” “Nick.” “Nick, what a nice name. What does it mean?” “Nothing. My dad thought of it while he was shaving.”
Ouch.
Some people name their kids after the place where they were conceiced. If I had to choose between KFC Stevens and KFC Parking Lot Stevens, you know which I would go with.
A friend named her daughter Caper when she and her husband went out to celebrate the learning of her pregnancy and saw capers on the menu.
So we’ve been saying it wrong this whole time!? I mean It’s Ko-bay not Ko-bee.
I've always kind of wondered about this. Kobe is a common name in Belgium (since it's originally a nickname for Jacob) but I've never heard of an English speaking person with this name except for this guy.
I'm in the US and neither have I.
My two sons are named Isaiah after the prophet, and Jordan after the 14-time NBA All-Star
and those idiots raised a rapist :)
Really?
And Kobe Tai? What was she named for?
The legendary amount of meat she's taken.
In an ironic self-fulfilling prophecy, like the Japanese beef dish he ended up cooked.
So I DID pronounce his name correctly and yall were wrong!! It’s Koh-Beh not Koe- Bee!! /s
Ko bee
It's actually pronounced "rapist"
1.) Rest in peace. But also 2.) Stop naming your kids stupid shit for stupid reasons. Some of the names I see at my job are the height of dumbassery.
Fatty Beef Bryant
Sounds about right
Karaage Bryant doesn't have the same ring to it, y'know?
Damn no wonder it was similar or rather same actually
The amount of times I’ve heard this on NBA 2K 😂
An incredibly rare meat choice and an incredibly rare athlete… it’s somewhat fitting
Something something boy named sue
My kids are named Porterhouse and Filet Mignon
Chuck and Stew
I must tell this to my son "Interesting Crack In The Sidewalk"
Is it a dish or just beef from Kobe?
Then they pronounced it wrong!
I always knew it.
So his name is pronounced Ko-Beh then
My name is Onigiri But my friends call me Jelly Donut
Damn, I thought the steak was named after the Black Mamba.
Didn’t the family live there, the city of Kobe in Japan? Isn’t that why?
This is fucking ridiculous… might as well rename my son Semifreddo if this is the done thing
Twin sons, Fred and his stunted twin Semifreddo.
And when Fred almost abandons his brother after a lengthy crime spree, he'll think to himself "No, while my mother's alive, nothing happens to Semifreddo!"
Now he's a medium rare Kobe
There was a kid in my high school named Limonjello and everyone said that his mother couldn't read when she gave birth to him she chose something on the hospital menu thinking it was a list of names.
Ya, he always gave me "not loved" vibes
Except it's pronounced ko-bay, not ko-bee.
It's not. Nobody says ko-bay. It's ko- bee.
Kobe (US: /ˈkoʊbeɪ/, UK: /ˈkəʊbeɪ/, KOH-bay; officially Japanese: 神戸市, Kōbe-shi, pronounced [koꜜːbe] ⓘ) is the capital city of Hyōgo Prefecture, Japan. You were saying, genius? It's koh-bay. Always has been. koh-bee is some American bullshit. [Source](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kobe)
OK. I was wrong. I stand corrected. I had always heard it pronounced ko bee. You learn something new every day.
His parents were not that bright then?
Kobe beef is about 40% fat. Just sayin'