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Been enjoying saying"French chips" when needing to clarify

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lemmy.world

But when do you eat chips?

Hot chips are definitely an anytime food.

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Cooked chips? Generally with my dinner, this is mainly for my shopping lists so my dumb ass doesn't get confused.

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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?

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lemmy.blahaj.zone

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.

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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

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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

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aussie.zone

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

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Zozanoreply
aussie.zone

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.

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I finally realised why the fuck they -o everything: it is so they can squeeze that unrequested quick summary of their next 3 stops on their journey at the end of saying goodbye.

I swear I’ve had conversations where they ramble of the exit-itenerary “Dave? Yeah just saw him, he’s droppin’ the kids of at the pool and the he’s goin fishin for the rest of the day I reckon”

Followed by “Nah mate sorry can’t help ya” <<<- the actual answer to my question.

Followed by their own “Anyways, I better be goin, go to walk the dog and then take m to the vet. Poor thing got lice again. Would’ve loved to have a nap but you can’t let a dog suffer like that.”

We are so good at wasting fckin time.

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

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

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feddit.org

Pommes and Chips! 🇩🇪

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

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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.

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

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