InfrogmationIn 1989 on a trip to Portland, Oregon, we had breakfast at the restaurant of a nice hotel downtown. One of the options was a "croissant" which I ordered. They brought a "C" shaped dinner roll.
Like they'd heard of "croissant" somewhere and decided to do them without actually understanding the concept.
Rich Holmes@Infrogmation In Newport News in the 1990s there were places that sold "bagels" which we preferred to refer to as "rolls with holes".