Chips, fries or crisps? The internet is divided over potato snack names
The IndependentSign up to IndyEat's free newsletter for weekly recipes, foodie features and cookbook releases Get our food and drink newsletter for free Get our food and drink newsletter for free SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Another user claimed that the first image - labelled “chips” by the original tweet - depicts French fries, as does the second, but agreed that the third depicts crisps. “Funny how different places can have different ways of referring to things.” An Australian user really shook things up by claiming that all three options should be referred to as “chips”. It’s a my pet hate of mine, coming from UK, as they’re not all the same thing,” wrote one user in response to the claim that all three are in fact chips. “I never know which one people are talking about here in Australia.” How you refer to your fries/crisps/chips of choice might seem like a fairly inconsequential matter, but if this latest social media squabble is anything to go by, the contentions are anything but half-baked.
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