After the pain au chocolat and the chocolatine, a new debate has rocked social networks: kebab or Greek?

The name of this specialty, popularized in Berlin by a Turk in the 1970s, divides France, between Paris and the regions.

After the pain au chocolat, chocolatine duel, a new culinary debate raged on social networks on Monday, following the publication of an article in Le

Parisien

.

Kebab or Greek?

A battle has started between Paris and the regions of France with nearly 10,000 reactions on the social network Twitter.

A rule seems to be emerging: in Paris, it's a Greek, elsewhere, a kebab.

The subject that makes you smile, given the news, as the Twittos Prince emphasizes.

"It's about going to war with Saudi Arabia, but luckily I never said Kebab".

And you, are you more “#Greek” or “#kebab”?

The funny lexical battle between Paris and the province >> https://t.co/1tTHFEc0oppic.twitter.com/RDkHM0Zi54

- Le Parisien Infog (@LeParisienInfog) October 26, 2020

A Paris-Province clash

"If Paris has decided Greek, it is the official word", assures Alim.

The same goes for Maxime, a little more contemptuous: "those who say 'kebab' are the same who say 'I'm going to town'".

Because behind this secular debate around a specialty popularized in the 1970s in Berlin by a Turk, a certain Kadir Nordmann, it is above all a Paris-Province clash that emerges.

And internet user Obi Wan is looking to add fuel to the fire.

"Some regions say 'kebabatine', others, 'meat bread'". 

Another difference: the price.

For Odel, he is greatly influenced by the name.

"The difference is that a Kebab, the name is chic: it's 10 euros, while a Greek is only 5 euros". 

The difference is that a Kebab is 10 € a Greek 5 € mdr https://t.co/8SojhutEck

- (@OdelISZN) October 26, 2020

Just as a reminder:



A snack / Kebab A Greek pic.twitter.com/fXe6wYMsdZ

- Kénshuri (@Kenshurii) October 18, 2020

A semantic debate summarized by two men.

Redwane on the one hand: "We say Greek and nothing else. Keugré [Greek backwards, ed] at the limit. And you are not going to do anything. We have been a centralized country for centuries, it is for US to decide. "

Patounes' response, using historical arguments, is crystal clear: "What an already basic joke the Kebab = döner Kebab, invented by a Turk from Germany. So nothing is centralized in Paris, it's Kebab. Basta."

As a reminder, the term "Greek" appeared in the 1980s in France, when Greek sellers of "gyros" (a Greek specialty close to the kebab, made from pita bread), settled in Paris, especially in the 5th arrondissement. (Latin Quarter, rue de la Huchette, rue Mouffetard).

They were probably unaware of the extent of the debates they would generate.