• MelastSB@sh.itjust.works
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    5 months ago

    Yes, about how champagne must come from the Champagne region of France, otherwise it’s just sparkling wine. I don’t know where the exact quote comes from though

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      5 months ago

      It also references Germany, since the word “genocide” was invented to describe the Nazi crimes against European Jews (the Holocaust).

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      5 months ago

      champagne must come from the Champagne region of France

      for something that’s been so extensively memed I would have thought Knowyourmeme would have an entry for this. I’m not finding one, though. Even a “research paper” about the subject doesn’t pin down the earliest time it was used in this way.