James Silverton <not.jim.silverton.at.comcast.not> wrote:

> I recently discovered that deep
> fried chicken is often called Chikin despite the information
> above.

Any chicken preparation is occasionally called that in Japan. It is
just language pollution but, in this case, an easily explained one. It
comes from the "Chikin Ramen" brand, the very first one, introduced by
the recently deceased Momofuku Ando back in 1958.

Victor