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Comment by mkl

3 days ago

Chips are definitely a thing in the UK. Like French fries but usually chunkier: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fish_and_chips

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whynotmaybe  3 days ago

Which is called Fish and Chips in Canada, even though it's served with fries.

  • mjlee  2 days ago

    In the UK a fish and chips shop is sometimes called a "chip shop". The New York Times helpfully translated this in a recent article:

    > “I’ve seen lots of students my age struggling, trying to get work and even the basic necessities,” Agastya Dhar, 17, said. Mr. Dhar has a part-time job in a French fry restaurant, but said even getting that job was tough.

    French fry restaurant is now my preferred term for the local chippy. For those outside the UK chip shops normally have no seating, or maybe a couple of uncomfortable, uninviting, flourescent lit plastic benches and tables, normally bolted down, maybe sprayed clean at the end of the night.

    https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/26/world/europe/uk-budget-yo...

  • teekert  3 days ago

    In the Netherlands we have two words for fries and you know if someone is from the north or the south based on their use: Patat, north en Friet, south, particularly in the South people are sensitive to using the wrong, northern word. (And chips are just crisps here.)

    • yurishimo  3 days ago

      What? Every time I see kids on the train they’re talking about going to the appie to buy a redbull and “zakje chips”. I live in Eindhoven though so idk if that plays a roll.

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  • NooneAtAll3  3 days ago

    I heard some restaurant getting sued for selling "fish and chips" without fish, but I don't remember how it ended