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Do Australians say "chips" or "crisps"?
by jansan 3y ago
Do Australians say "chips" or "crisps"?
- senectus1 3y agoChips
- devjam 3y agoChips. Although very occasionally you will hear crisps. Often "hot chips" (french fries), as distinct from a "packet of chips" (crisps), but it's contextual: e.g. a Schnitzel with salad and chips, would always be with hot chips.
- rgoulter 3y agoNew Zealand uses "chips" for two kinds. e.g. I'd use the name "chip sandwich" for a sandwich with crisps in them; a "chip butty" is sandwich with thick-cut french fries.
- BLKNSLVR 3y agoNah, in New Zealand they're "chups". "A fush fullet end fuftiin dolliz o' chups thinks" And "hot dogs" in New Zealand are battered sausages. That was a hard lesson for one of my kids :)
- inopinatus 3y agoCrisps. Unless you are referring to a packet of chips, which you may also refer to as a bag of crisps, which you may also call chips. This is on the citizenship test, by the way. Every other answer is “Sir Donald Bradman”.
- nabogh 3y agoI'm sorry I don't get the joke because we definitely do not say crisps
- inopinatus 3y agoWe definitely do say crisps, and I’d bet a parmigiana on it.
- ethbr0 3y agoThere are two impenetrable versions of English for me: Australian and cricket. I've consigned myself to never reaching proficiency in either.
- FredPret 3y agoHere’s a clear explanation of cricket: https://youtu.be/E_6d3JBBo4s https://youtu.be/E_6d3JBBo4s
- ninjinxo 3y agoI really appreciated this joke. For the non-Australians, we don't really say parmigiana either, it's parmi or parma and there's a lot of playful debate over the naming.
- Daneel_ 3y agoYeah, nah.. chips or bust. The only people I've ever heard say crisps are British or 70+ It's a packet of chips if you mean crisps, or just chips if you mean hot chips. In a situation where disambiguation is needed I'd probably clarify with "hot chips".
- inopinatus 3y agoThis remark rests on the assumption that being a migrant from British territories, or a senior citizen, erases someone from being Australian.
- resolutebat 3y agoThinly sliced fried potato in bags = chips. French fries = hot chips if you need to disambiguate, but usually (eg on a restaurant menu) just chips.
- inopinatus 3y agoWe call them AUKUS fries now
- BLKNSLVR 3y agoUnderstated, well delivered. nod wink http://www.paulgraham.com/submarine.html http://www.paulgraham.com/submarine.html
- gandalfian 3y agoThough if they are frozen then they are probably hot chips? I don't think anyone buys frozen crisps. I could be wrong.
- cubefox 3y agoYou mean cold chips
- BLKNSLVR 3y agoCrisps has pretty entirely been overtaken by chips. Magnificent word though, sometimes I use it to either be funny or just remember the taste and texture of a sadly underutilised word. It never applied to hot chips/ fries though, just the other kind. If you want a raised eyebrow response, just ask "are you going to finish those crisps?" They'll know what you mean, but they'll still act confused. It's great.
- cubefox 3y agohttps://i.pinimg.com/736x/89/72/67/8972676bb94f3e8d07a55c5c584d8d67--funny-cute-lol-funny.jpg https://i.pinimg.com/736x/89/72/67/8972676bb94f3e8d07a55c5c5...