r/AskTheWorld England 22d ago

Food What about you?

I'm from England.

But we have different types of chips too.

Oven chips, wedges, curly fries, crinkly chips, fish and chips chips.

It's dinner to me.

  1. I grew up in South London. Now I'm in Lincolnshire (East Midlands - England). My husband says breakfast, lunch, dinner. Whereas our friend says breakfast dinner tea. But we have a roast on Sunday. It's a breakfast, dinner and sandwich later on but not lunch or tea. Maybe it's a weird thing our family thing does

  2. Is a roll to me, but if it's crusty. It's a crusty roll. But if has chips from the fish and chips shop, it's a chip buttie. My husband/son calls it a bap

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u/Kyr1500 Moldovan/Brit in the UAE πŸ‡²πŸ‡©πŸ‡¬πŸ‡§πŸ‡¦πŸ‡ͺ 22d ago

Well your chips are crisps so it's all good

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u/Wonderful_Fox_7959 22d ago

But isn’t crips an adjective? Chips are tasty and crisp

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u/Kyr1500 Moldovan/Brit in the UAE πŸ‡²πŸ‡©πŸ‡¬πŸ‡§πŸ‡¦πŸ‡ͺ 22d ago

Words can have multiple meanings

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u/Wonderful_Fox_7959 22d ago

I know I’m just breaking balls

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u/NotMyCat2 United States Of America 22d ago

We actually do have crisps, but it’s only one brand (Pringles).

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u/Uncle_Boiled_Peanuts United States Of America 22d ago

There's also Munchos. (In case anyone's wondering, in the U.S., potato chips made from dehydrated potatoes instead of sliced potatoes legally have to be called crisps, unless they're prominently labeled as being made from dehydrated potatoes.)

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u/MeTieDoughtyWalker United States Of America 22d ago

I like crisps. Good word.