Gimme a break these are HOT DOGS not frankfurters They ve been called HOT DOGS for a century or so Just as we wouldn t change French Fries to Freedom Fries cause Georgie B says so we also aren t going to change HOT DOGS to some out of date hickville term like frankfurters cause some bloke down underwhere says that s what his mommy calls them Times change buddy And Australia has a grand total of 20 million people half of them speaking English as a third language