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In response to "I think wikipedia is wrong on chip butties, there's no ketchup or french fries. It's chunky chips in a buttered roll seasoned with salt and vinegar. " by LMS

I thought 'chips' were 'french fries'. -- nm

Posted by Diva (aka Diva) Apr 12 '17, 08:20

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No, chips are thicker (regular size to us Brits). French fries are what you get in Macdonalds. -- nm - LMS Apr 12, 08:22 22
- I swear there's a common language somewhere... -- nm - Mel Profit Apr 12, 08:28 1
  - Two countries, separated by a common language. -- nm - znufrii, definitely not 40 Apr 12, 08:38
- like steak fries? or potato wedges? -- nm - Diva Apr 12, 08:23 12
  - As in fish and chips. Wedges are different shape entirely. -- nm - LMS Apr 12, 08:26 11
    - Sm*ttah please, the chips in fish and chips look like regular size ('Murican!) french fries to me. McDonalds shoestring fries look like pomme frites. - Diva Apr 12, 08:31 10
      - Krusty's link explains the difference. -- nm - LMS Apr 12, 08:32 9
        
        I'm glad you agree with it. They're called steak fries here and they're one of my favorites because there's a good amount of pillow soft potato in - Krusty Apr 12, 08:34 8
        
        See if you hadn't decided that chips means crisps in America we wouldn't have this confusion. -- nm - LMS Apr 12, 08:38 6
        
        We needed separating from you guys and we chose chips/crisps to start that break away. - Krusty Apr 12, 08:46 4
        
        ~when push, comes to shove, I'll send an armed battalion to show my loveeee~ -- nm - Mel Profit Apr 12, 09:01 2
        
        Also, alt-reality fiction idea - what if the Uk and USA had worked out their differences leading up to the American Revolution? - Mel Profit Apr 12, 09:05 1
        
        Slavery here would have been abolished by 1843. -- nm - mara Apr 12, 09:26
        
        me too. -- nm - Diva Apr 12, 08:48
        
        then we would still have confusion on biscuits, puddings, and lot of other things :) -- nm - crash davis Apr 12, 08:40
        
        *blugh, erp...* -- nm - Diva Apr 12, 08:38
- So chips are, like, steak fries? -- nm - ty97 Apr 12, 08:23 6
  - Yes. -- (link) - Krusty Apr 12, 08:25 5
    - Got it. The chips in the pic actually look most like the handcut fries my mum used to make when we were kids. - Diva Apr 12, 08:37 4
      - I didn't like them as a kid either. It was all about the shoestring fries, except for Nathan's fries which are awesome. - Krusty Apr 12, 08:43 3
        
        I'm being a bit of a brat. They're easily avoidable. :) -- nm - Diva Apr 12, 08:46 2
        
        and she knows she can slide them over to me... -- nm - Mel Profit Apr 12, 09:06 1
        
        this -- nm - Diva Apr 12, 09:14

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