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minus-squaremorrowind@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up1·3 months agoNah dude, this one really bothered me, so I went and confirmed South africa: https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/316194/what-are-the-south-african-words-for-crisps-and-french-fries New Zealand: https://www.quora.com/What-do-kiwis-people-from-NZ-call-chips-crisps-and-fries-Ive-heard-them-called-all-three-and-Im-so-confused Australia: https://www.reddit.com/r/australia/comments/36vdp2/do_you_say_crisps_or_chips/ India is related to my own background, and I’ve never heard anyone saying crisps, except in jest. Wikipedia: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Potato_chip#:~:text=Nomenclature I’m afraid it’s Britain alone
minus-squaredependencyinjection@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkarrow-up1·3 months agoHuh… I stand corrected. When I did a search it said those specific countries too. Now I wonder why everyone else went a different way, or where they were first made.
Nah dude, this one really bothered me, so I went and confirmed
South africa: https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/316194/what-are-the-south-african-words-for-crisps-and-french-fries
New Zealand: https://www.quora.com/What-do-kiwis-people-from-NZ-call-chips-crisps-and-fries-Ive-heard-them-called-all-three-and-Im-so-confused
Australia: https://www.reddit.com/r/australia/comments/36vdp2/do_you_say_crisps_or_chips/
India is related to my own background, and I’ve never heard anyone saying crisps, except in jest.
Wikipedia: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Potato_chip#:~:text=Nomenclature
I’m afraid it’s Britain alone
Huh… I stand corrected. When I did a search it said those specific countries too.
Now I wonder why everyone else went a different way, or where they were first made.