What do you call chips in England since you call fries chips?

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Carol Funk · Accepted Answer

we call them crisps as they are slices of crispy potato we also call thin fried sticks of potato fries and chips are thicker sticks of potato loli know it can all be confusing why can’t everyone just call them the same

Carol Funk · Answer

Oh god that confused the hell out of me… I call the potato or corn chips like Walkers you get flavoured..in a bag CRISPS although some brands call them ‘chips’ so guess that slips out sometimes.Deepfried potato chips or frozen oven chips are just CHIPS, but I guess we would also call them fries too:But I would only use FRIES to describe like the thin chips-ones you would get in Macdonalds or somewhere like that.That would certainly stand for where in England I am anyway. Did that clear up anything or confuse it more?

Carol Funk · Answer

We don’t call fries chips, we call fries fries; chips are different from fries in that they are a lot thicker. What you call chips we call crisps, but we have a far greater variety of these than you, mostly they are thin potato slices that are fried and flavoured, but we do use the term chips for crisps such as Doritos or tortilla chips.

Carol Funk · Answer

Crisps

Carol Funk · Answer

Not just in England (Scotland too), we call fries chips and chips are crisps.

Carol Funk · Answer

What Americans call Chips English call Crisps 🙂

Carol Funk · Answer

What we in the US call Chips, the Brits call “Crisps”

Carol Funk · Answer

Crispshttp://www.walkers-crisps.co.uk/

Carol Funk · Answer

Crisps are thinly sliced potato deep fried. ‘Fries’ can be made of anything from compressed corn to dried blotting paper.Chips are potato portions that are carefully fried to a crispy perfection while retaining a fluffy white potato interior that enhances the experience of malt vinegar, salt and a certain brand of tomato ketchup.

Carol Funk · Answer

Crisps, or they have product names like Doritos, Walkers and Space Raiders. Primarily it’s Crisps though.

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What do you call chips in England since you call fries chips?

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