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[-] zero_gravitas@aussie.zone 31 points 2 months ago

Can be disambiguated with 'hot chips' if you ever need to - no worries!

[-] Fleur_@aussie.zone 8 points 2 months ago

Been enjoying saying"French chips" when needing to clarify

[-] CEOofmyhouse56@aussie.zone 26 points 2 months ago

If you have to clarify, it's hot chips or packet chips.

[-] als 16 points 2 months ago

As someone from the UK I'd like to clarify that I'd call those Maccies fries, they're too thinly cut to be chips.

[-] RowRowRowYourBot@sh.itjust.works 6 points 2 months ago

Steak fries, shoestring fries, chips

[-] refurbishedrefurbisher@lemmy.sdf.org 3 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

Fried golden brown foodstuff, fried golden brown fiodstuff, fried golden brown foodstuff

[-] sping@lemmy.sdf.org 2 points 2 months ago

Steak fries are not shown here. They're bigger again.

[-] eureka@aussie.zone 3 points 2 months ago

Does the name "french fries" get used?

[-] CEOofmyhouse56@aussie.zone 4 points 2 months ago

I don't think I've ever used that other than at macca's.Shoe string I have.

[-] als 1 points 2 months ago

Sometimes, mainly just fries I think. I'd certainly know what you meant if you said mcdonalds chips but I'd personally call them fries

[-] TotallynotJessica 2 points 2 months ago

bloke is claiming to be right about English language, so he's automatically wrong, not least because English is totally undeserving of any respect in the first place

[-] Gradually_Adjusting@lemmy.world 16 points 2 months ago

My kid has no actual memories of America, but speaks in an American accent and uses British and American English interchangeably. Almost at random.

I don't even mind anymore either way. I just wish he'd stop calling me bruh. Do they have that in Australia?

[-] Zozano@aussie.zone 13 points 2 months ago

As an Australian, I refuse to order 'fries' when I go to McDonalds. They're fucking chips, cunt.

[-] BigBananaDealer@lemm.ee 26 points 2 months ago

austrailian

calls it mcdonalds instead of maccas

[-] Zozano@aussie.zone 13 points 2 months ago

I'm trying to accommodate for our mates overseas.

But yeah, you're right, now, I'll be off, I need to go buy a pack of Winnie Blues from the Servo, then head down to the bottle-o to grab a carton of Coopers.

[-] spiffmeister@aussie.zone 6 points 2 months ago

Somehow there's never been any confusion.

[-] nevetsg@aussie.zone 13 points 2 months ago

If someone asks me if I want some chips my answer will be Yes either way...

[-] badcommandorfilename@lemmy.world 7 points 2 months ago

Turns out, anywhere that sells chips never sells chips

[-] Rusty@lemmy.ca 3 points 2 months ago
[-] spiffmeister@aussie.zone 4 points 2 months ago

100%, saying fish and chips is easy mode for chip context.

[-] HollowNaught@lemmy.world 2 points 2 months ago

Also, if somebody told me they were getting chips and came back with some pringles, I'd be throwing hands

[-] Enkrod@feddit.org 4 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

Pommes and Chips! 🇩🇪

The super thick pommes variant might get called Fritjes in the Northwest thanks to our favourite neighbors (Netherlands)

[-] huppakee@lemm.ee 3 points 2 months ago

Ja frietjesss

[-] Whats_your_reasoning@lemmy.world 3 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

“Pommes” like the French, “pomme de terre”?

[-] wieson@feddit.org 5 points 2 months ago

Yes, but we pronounce the "es".

A word more true to the french pronunciation of "pommes frites" is "Pommfritz", but that's used by older people.

[-] astrsk@fedia.io 3 points 2 months ago

They’re all chippies

[-] Putzak@lemm.ee 2 points 2 months ago

I'd like to add the age old war between the north and south of the Netherlands of calling fries/chips friet or patat.

[-] captainlezbian@lemmy.world 1 points 2 months ago

Bullshit. In the UK those crisps are walkers not lays

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