OK, so crisps or potato chips?

[Dani California]

OK, so crisps or potato chips right? I swear I have some sort of mad craving for them this past week, what the heck is wrong with me!! I usually have crisps a few times a week but can take them or leave them but lately its like I'm craving them.........I swear I had at least 3 packets the other day I cannot get enough of them.

I'm not pregnant or anything so what the hell can it be? I thought maybe lacking something in my diet as I'm vegetarian, anyone any ideas? I sometimes get cravings like this, last time it was chocolate, but now its bloody crisps. Agggh help!!

 

[Zoomerang96]

funny you should mention it... my english girlfriend sheila hurtz (with the r pronounced very softly) has taken a liking to psmythe filter 100 menthols. she's gotten me a bit hooked on them, too.

 

[snowbunny00774]

send me some prawn cocktail. nao.

 

[Cin]

funny you should mention it... my english girlfriend sheila hurtz (with the r pronounced very softly) has taken a liking to psmythe filter 100 menthols. she's gotten me a bit hooked on them, too.

I find that the tobacco gets stuck in my teeth.

 

[Carek1230]

I like to call them crisps. And I like to call french fries chips.

 

[Angela Harlem]

all 3 are distinctly different though, carek. crisps or potato chips, chips and french fries don't look anything alike!

 

[KhanadaRhodes]

to me...

crisps are pringles.
potato chips are any other kind of...potato chip.
chips are those sort of fries like...i can't picture them right now but they're a little bit thicker. like with fish and chips in fake english pubs.
french fries are anything else.

 

[coolian2]

imo, chips are chips.

crisps are chips, fries are chips...as are those thicker ones katie mentioned above.

i know with my family/friends it all makes sense depending on the context of the word chip.

in a restaurant or whatever, i'll have chips = i'll have fries.
i'd like a bag of chips = i'll have some potato chips.

context people. context.

 

[RedRocksU2]

Dani, you're a girl?

 

[KhanadaRhodes]

imo, chips are chips.

crisps are chips, fries are chips...as are those thicker ones katie mentioned above.

i know with my family/friends it all makes sense depending on the context of the word chip.

in a restaurant or whatever, i'll have chips = i'll have fries.
i'd like a bag of chips = i'll have some potato chips.

context people. context.

though this leads me to another question...is it coke, soda, pop, etc.?

 

[coolian2]

though this leads me to another question...is it coke, soda, pop, etc.?

coke here.

i'll have to learn the regional terms for november.

 

[KhanadaRhodes]

coke here.

i'll have to learn the regional terms for november.

haha, coke is sort of a regional term. though it's not so much memfiz, just da souf in general. but soda's probably most often said here. or i say that anyway.

 

[Angela Harlem]

soft drink for anything that is not the coke brand coca cola.

 

[bono_212]

Pop at home

Soda most other places I've been

Apparently Coke in Texas, but fuck that. Dr. Pepper is not now, nor will it ever be (I hope) a coca-cola product.

 

[coolian2]

haha, coke is sort of a regional term. though it's not so much memfiz, just da souf in general. but soda's probably most often said here. or i say that anyway.

i noticed

coke = pepsi in new zealand, too.

i'm going to need to get my study on.

 

[KhanadaRhodes]

Dr. Pepper is not now, nor will it ever be (I hope) a coca-cola product.

it's owned by the dr pepper/7-up company

 

[bono_212]

it's owned by the dr pepper/7-up company

 

[KhanadaRhodes]

i noticed

coke = pepsi in new zealand, too.

i'm going to need to get my study on.

tbh i've never heard anyone say "i want a coke" when they mean any soda in general. any time someone's ordered a coke, it's because they wanted coke. though obvs if the place serves pepsi they'll be all "is pepsi okay?" but yeah.

 

[coolian2]

tbh i've never heard anyone say "i want a coke" when they mean any soda in general. any time someone's ordered a coke, it's because they wanted coke. though obvs if the place serves pepsi they'll be all "is pepsi okay?" but yeah.

get ready to be weirded out. obviously, coke = pepsi only refers to coke type products.

it's not like you'll get a fanta or whatever if you ask for coke.

 

[bono_212]

tbh i've never heard anyone say "i want a coke" when they mean any soda in general. any time someone's ordered a coke, it's because they wanted coke. though obvs if the place serves pepsi they'll be all "is pepsi okay?" but yeah.

Seriously then, you've never been to Texas.

"I'll have a coke"

"What kind of coke?"

"Dr. Pepper"

And then I start firebombing.

 

[KhanadaRhodes]

get ready to be weirded out. obviously, coke = pepsi only refers to coke type products.

it's not like you'll get a fanta or whatever if you ask for coke.

heehee. yeah, back when i regularly drank coke, if a place only had pepsi, i'd still say coke, out of habit and because i wouldn't have checked the menu to see if they served coke or pepsi.

Seriously then, you've never been to Texas.

"I'll have a coke"

"What kind of coke?"

"Dr. Pepper"

And then I start firebombing.

yeah, i've never been to texas but i've heard of that. wtf!

i remember seeing some american dialect quiz a year or so ago that dealt wif pronunciations and such to determine what part of the country you're from. i remember the coke/pop/soda/some other option i forget was one of the questions.

 

[coolian2]

heehee. yeah, back when i regularly drank coke, if a place only had pepsi, i'd still say coke, out of habit and because i wouldn't have checked the menu to see if they served coke or pepsi.

ha, at my local cinemas if you ask for coke you get pepsi.

and so on.

 

[Alan Jamison]

Zoomerang96, do you like choccie?

 

[KhanadaRhodes]

ha, at my local cinemas if you ask for coke you get pepsi.

and so on.

pepsi-pepsi! no coke!

 

[coolian2]

pepsi-pepsi! no coke!

 

[The Sad Punk]

soft drink for anything that is not the coke brand coca cola.

imo, chips are chips.

crisps are chips, fries are chips...as are those thicker ones katie mentioned above.

i know with my family/friends it all makes sense depending on the context of the word chip.

in a restaurant or whatever, i'll have chips = i'll have fries.
i'd like a bag of chips = i'll have some potato chips.

context people. context.

.

(My grandfather calls them "chipped potatoes", which I find hilarious).

 

[major_panic]

imo, chips are chips.

crisps are chips, fries are chips...as are those thicker ones katie mentioned above.

i know with my family/friends it all makes sense depending on the context of the word chip.

in a restaurant or whatever, i'll have chips = i'll have fries.
i'd like a bag of chips = i'll have some potato chips.

context people. context.

You mean a... chup?

 

[coolian2]

You mean a... chup?

motherfucker.

 

[KhanadaRhodes]

.

(My grandfather calls them "chipped potatoes", which I find hilarious).

is it wrong that i picture your grandfather wearing a monocle when he says this? and one of those skinny french moustaches.

 

[The Sad Punk]

is it wrong that i picture your grandfather wearing a monocle when he says this? and one of those skinny french moustaches.

Sadly, that's not accurate. He's a frail old anti-Semite with a large nose.