The silly thing is that French Fries are misnamed to begin with - they really should be called Belgian Fries 
A similar thing happened with the town I was born in. It was originally named Petersburg, but during the war it was changed to the very English-sounding Peterborough and the name stuck ...

A similar thing happened with the town I was born in. It was originally named Petersburg, but during the war it was changed to the very English-sounding Peterborough and the name stuck ...