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minus-squareThePowerOfGeek@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8arrow-down2·11 months agoThose look more like french fries than real chips. But honestly, don’t knock it til you’ve tried it. That’s some pretty tasty food, and better than a number of dishes we have in America.
minus-squaresharpratchet@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7arrow-down1·11 months agoChips in the UK are called crisps and fries are called chips.
minus-squareThePowerOfGeek@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·edit-211 months agoYeah, I know. I’m originally from the UK. ETA: the ‘chips’ in that photo look too skinny to be real British chips IMO.
minus-squaresharpratchet@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·11 months agoAh fair, I am not from the UK but a rugby mate of mine passed some UK culture on and tried to teach us how to speak “the Queen’s English”
minus-squareJadenSmith@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·11 months agoJust to note: we have fries here too. Chips are thick, fries are referring to the thin ones (like in McDonalds). However they’re still a form of chip so many just call them chips all the same.
Those look more like french fries than real chips.
But honestly, don’t knock it til you’ve tried it. That’s some pretty tasty food, and better than a number of dishes we have in America.
Chips in the UK are called crisps and fries are called chips.
Yeah, I know. I’m originally from the UK.
ETA: the ‘chips’ in that photo look too skinny to be real British chips IMO.
Ah fair, I am not from the UK but a rugby mate of mine passed some UK culture on and tried to teach us how to speak “the Queen’s English”
Just to note: we have fries here too.
Chips are thick, fries are referring to the thin ones (like in McDonalds). However they’re still a form of chip so many just call them chips all the same.