PugJesus@lemmy.worldM to A Comm for Historymemes@lemmy.worldEnglish · 11 months agoThe American Revolution saved millions of us from a terrible fatelemmy.worldexternal-linkmessage-square52fedilinkarrow-up1356arrow-down111
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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.
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.