[bigmattystyles]

Equally funny to me, The French add an 'e' to Putin when referring to him, probably because Putain sounds like Putin, which is basically the french F-word, especially in its ability to be swapped out for effect like the F-word. https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/putain

[bitwize]

Rather than risk confusion with putain (whore), the French opted to spell Putin's name phonetically in French -- and settled on "Poutine".

And the Canadians giggled.

[bigmattystyles]

Ha! What do they do in Quebec?

[mangamadaiyan]

They snack on Poutine:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poutine

[bigmattystyles]

No, I know that, I meant how do they refer to Putin?

[bitwize]

Apparently he's called Poutine in Quebec as well which leads to a literal "freedom fries" situation as Quebecois restaurants that serve the dish avoid mentioning it by name to avoid controversy: https://montreal.ctvnews.ca/quebec-diner-drops-poutine-from-...

[mangamadaiyan]

Ah, I'm sorry - I misunderstood your question :)