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  • French Fries became Freedom Fries for awhile there. I can understand why they are not called chips though. They aren't chips even if American chips are crisps. They aren't chips because there 20 ingredients in them and probably 4% potato.
    Bona fide canonical and then some.

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    • Indeed, I'm not sure why fries ever caught on in a country that has chips and a vast number of chippys. A far superior product.

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      • I hate Mac fries far too much salt on them. At least in a chippy, it is up to you whether you want salt or not.

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        • whats a chippy? lol
          "Is all that we see or seem
          but a dream within a dream?"

          -Edgar Allan Poe


          "...the man and the peaked cap he is said to have worn
          quite tallies with the descriptions I got of him."

          -Frederick G. Abberline

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          • Originally posted by Abby Normal View Post
            whats a chippy? lol
            It's a temple dedicated to the God of fried potatoes.

            You can also get fried fish, mushy peas, Wallies, saveloys, sausages in batter, pies... I'm feeling a bit peckish.

            The Irish call them 'Chippers'.

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            • Originally posted by MrBarnett View Post
              It's a temple dedicated to the God of fried potatoes.

              You can also get fried fish, mushy peas, Wallies, saveloys, sausages in batter, pies... I'm feeling a bit peckish.

              The Irish call them 'Chippers'.
              Thanks. Whats the american equivalent? French fries?
              "Is all that we see or seem
              but a dream within a dream?"

              -Edgar Allan Poe


              "...the man and the peaked cap he is said to have worn
              quite tallies with the descriptions I got of him."

              -Frederick G. Abberline

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              • Originally posted by MrBarnett View Post
                It's a temple dedicated to the God of fried potatoes.

                You can also get fried fish, mushy peas, Wallies, saveloys, sausages in batter, pies... I'm feeling a bit peckish.

                The Irish call them 'Chippers'.
                I should add that the doorway in which the GSG was written is now part of a very good chippy.

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                • Originally posted by MrBarnett View Post
                  I should add that the doorway in which the GSG was written is now part of a very good chippy.
                  So just short for a fish and chips shop? I just googled.
                  "Is all that we see or seem
                  but a dream within a dream?"

                  -Edgar Allan Poe


                  "...the man and the peaked cap he is said to have worn
                  quite tallies with the descriptions I got of him."

                  -Frederick G. Abberline

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                  • Originally posted by Abby Normal View Post
                    Thanks. Whats the american equivalent? French fries?
                    Fat (thumb thick) French fries.

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                    • Its a tad confusing to this yank because what you call chips, we call fries. And chips to us are potato chips. The thin crunchy things you buy in a bag.
                      "Is all that we see or seem
                      but a dream within a dream?"

                      -Edgar Allan Poe


                      "...the man and the peaked cap he is said to have worn
                      quite tallies with the descriptions I got of him."

                      -Frederick G. Abberline

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                      • Which begs the question what do brits call potato chips? Please dont say french fries. Lol
                        "Is all that we see or seem
                        but a dream within a dream?"

                        -Edgar Allan Poe


                        "...the man and the peaked cap he is said to have worn
                        quite tallies with the descriptions I got of him."

                        -Frederick G. Abberline

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                        • Originally posted by Abby Normal View Post
                          So just short for a fish and chips shop? I just googled.
                          Indeed. Fish and chip (singular) shop if you want to sound like a local.

                          I think 'chippy' is probably of northern origin, and as I say, 'chipper' is Irish (& Aussie?). I may be wrong, but I think the London term when I was growing up was 'chip shop'.

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                          • Originally posted by Abby Normal View Post
                            Which begs the question what do brits call potato chips?
                            Crisps. Because they are, I guess
                            Kind regards, Sam Flynn

                            "Suche Nullen" (Nietzsche, Götzendämmerung, 1888)

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                            • Originally posted by Abby Normal View Post
                              Which begs the question what do brits call potato chips? Please dont say french fries. Lol
                              What you call 'chips' are we call 'crisps'.

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                              • Originally posted by MrBarnett View Post
                                I should add that the doorway in which the GSG was written is now part of a very good chippy.
                                Absolutely
                                Had fish and chips there last weekend
                                Delicious
                                You can lead a horse to water.....

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