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23 Feb 2024, 12:08 pm

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No it's defo fries because she said so in her post

Yeah, although apparently they look like this, so I guess America has cold fries? What a weird place! :lol:

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23 Feb 2024, 12:19 pm

Ah so now we need Sweetleaf back to settle this

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23 Feb 2024, 12:19 pm

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Ah so now we need Sweetleaf back to settle this

Haha, yeah.

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23 Feb 2024, 12:33 pm

I'm thinking they're like chipsticks

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23 Feb 2024, 12:33 pm

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I'm thinking they're like chipsticks

I had the same thought. Which would mean they are crisps, which is what you said in the first place!

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23 Feb 2024, 12:36 pm

Yeah but they still might be fries

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23 Feb 2024, 12:38 pm

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Yeah but they still might be fries

Sweetleaf can be the judge? :mrgreen:

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23 Feb 2024, 12:39 pm

Americans wouldn’t normally call something cold “fries.” However, when it comes to specific snack foods, we usually make an exception if we include the brand name or other descriptor that makes it clear we’re referring to the snack, not the hot food. We wouldn’t just call them “fries.” We’d say “Chester’s Fries” or “flamin’ hot fries” if they are that variety. That’s how it is where I live. There could be regional differences though.

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23 Feb 2024, 1:10 pm

I don't eat anything called "fries" but I eat chips and I eat crisps

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23 Feb 2024, 1:15 pm

Given the nature of living languages, it would be really weird if American English was just like British English or Canadian English. Similarly, there’s a huge amount of variation in the Spanish of various Latin American countries and in Spain Spanish. I’m fascinated by linguistics. Of course, studying languages is a special interest of mine.

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23 Feb 2024, 1:19 pm

Yeah it fascinates me to a point. We all use the same words but for different things

It even happens amongst English people. We used different words for things depending on where we're from in the country

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23 Feb 2024, 1:21 pm

Yeah, the usage of “soda” or “pop” is a big one in the US. I’m in a soda region.

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23 Feb 2024, 1:24 pm

I say pop. My bf in Scotland calls it juice but apparently in Glasgow they sometimes call it ginger

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23 Feb 2024, 1:35 pm

In the midwestern region of the US, people call green bell peppers “mangoes.”

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When mangoes were first imported to the American colonies in the 1600s, they had to be pickled, because of lack of refrigeration. Other fruits also had to be pickled, and came to be known as 'mangoes', especially green peppers. People mistook the term mango as the process, rather than the fruit they were getting.

https://dannwoellertthefoodetymologist. ... %20getting.

Sometimes mistakes stick and become part of the language.

I don’t know why I find this stuff so interesting. :lol: