In Thailand, McDonald's is still called McDonald's, operated by McThai Co., Ltd., but they adapt their menu and branding, with Ronald McDonald performing the Thai wai greeting, and they offer unique items like crispy chicken with jasmine rice and chili sauce, alongside the standard menu.
Today's word is "McDonald's" 🍔🇹🇭. In Thai, it's not quite "McDonald's." We say "Máek" (แมค). Yeah, "Máek." Want to say "I want to eat McDonald's"? Try "yàak kin máek à" อยากกินแมคอะ.
McDonald's nicknames per country: Philippines: McDo Japan: Makku Singapore: Mac's Australia: Maccas UK: Macky D's USA: Mickey D's Russia: McDuck Canada: McDick.
The word 'Mekdi' stems from how Malaysians pronounce McDonald's shortened name, McD, which is glorious considering our tendency to create our own localised terminology.
McDonald's full name in Japanese, “Makudonarudo,” is quite long, so it is commonly shortened for convenience. In Tokyo and much of eastern Japan, people prefer “Makku”, while in Kansai (western Japan, including Osaka), “Makudo” is more popular.
Australians call McDonald's "Macca's," a common nickname that became so popular the company embraced it, even changing some store signs to "Macca's" and using the term in advertising and their app. This fits the Australian habit of shortening names with an "-a" or "-o" suffix, like "barbie" for barbecue.
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The McDonald's brothers opened their first McDonald's restaurant on May 15, 1940 in San Bernardino, California. Originally, a carhop drive-in system was used to serve customers. The initial menu items were centered around barbecue and the first name the brothers used for their business was "McDonald's Famous Barbecue."
The move follows a change of ownership at McThai Co, McDonald's Thai operating unit. In October last year, the McDonald's franchise was acquired by cinema entrepreneur Vicha Poolvaraluck and Hester Chew, the former head of Yum Restaurants International, owner of Pizza Hut and KFC.
In Thailand, the first KFC store was established in 1985 at Central Ladprao Department Store. Currently, there are 1,145 KFC branches nationwide (as of December 2024).
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“Mc” is in most cases pronounced as “mick”. One exception is “McInstosh” or “McIntyre. This is likely due to those names being more commonly known by the form “MacIntosh” and “MacIntyre”. “Mac” is the opposite.
In Thailand, French fries are called man farang thot (Thai: มันฝรั่งทอด; lit. 'deep fried potato') but are also commonly known as fren frai (Thai: เฟรนซ์ฟรายด์, or Thai: เฟรนช์ฟรายด์).
For example, in the US, we sometimes call it "Mickey D's." In the UK it's Maccy D's.
Currently, McDonald's has a market capitalization of $208.66 billion. Buying $1000 In MCD: If an investor had bought $1000 of MCD stock 10 years ago, it would be worth $3,019.74 today based on a price of $288.95 for MCD at the time of writing.
There are ten countries that have banned Mcdonald's. Bermuda, Iran, Macedonia, Yemen, Montenegro, North Korea, Zimbabwe, Bolivia, and of course, Iceland. Reasons range from banning large corporations to health issues with McDonald's ingredients.
In Australia and elsewhere snag has a number of meanings, including 'a submerged tree stump', 'an unexpected drawback', and more recently as an acronym for sensitive new age guy'. But in Australia a snag is also one of several words for 'sausage' (others include snarler and snork).
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Germany: Mekkes
Germany calls the iconic chain Mekkes. They're also ahead of the game, offering up some vegan menu items.
Australians call the chain Macca's, the Irish Maccers, and the Brits go for Maccies — though you'll also hear McD's from the Scots. Oh, and the Canadians apparently call it McDick's. Take that as you will. Asia is the second-biggest market for McDonald's, with China and Japan taking the lead by number of locations.
McDonald's France, colloquially called McDo, is the French subsidiary of the international fast food restaurant chain McDonald's. Its first location opened in 1972 by franchisee Raymond Dayan in Creteil, France, although the company itself still recognizes the first outlet as opening in Strasbourg in 1979.