potato_chips vs. simply chips

chips is by far the more popular tag, yet is not potato_chips the more correct one?

I guess you could have corn_chips, or maybe even rice chips, yet having said that, can you not also have ice chips, rock chips, wood chips, and so forth ...

As chips has an implication to food, it seems to be the tag of choice, so should we alias potato_chips and even corn_chips to just chips?

Now that I mention all of this, perhaps the Brits are on to something ... crisps ... hmmm.

Chips are also fries. :P

parasprite said:
Chips are also fries. :P

And the little Silicon (mostly made of plastic nowadays) squares that make up the logic and "intelligence" of most modern devices... :O

Xch3l said:
And the little Silicon (mostly made of plastic nowadays) squares that make up the logic and "intelligence" of most modern devices... :O

I'm definitely going to have to start refering to them as "computer crisps" now.

Don't tell me you are carrying a chip on yer shoulder, parasprite ...

So, that mean crisps as a tag is getting some love, or perhaps just keep potato_chips and corn_chips, and alias the crap outta her?

... I had fish_and_fries for dinner, too.

Sharp_Coyote said:
Don't tell me you are carrying a chip on yer shoulder, parasprite ...

So, that mean crisps as a tag is getting some love, or perhaps just keep potato_chips and corn_chips, and alias the crap outta her?

... I had fish_and_fries for dinner, too.

Don't you mean ... Fish and chips?

NoctemWerewolf said:
Don't you mean ... Fish and chips?

You see, the Brits have it correct!

I love older American cars that had digitital instrument clusters; they invariably feature a button labelled English / Metric.

While this button is primarily used to switch the speedometer display from mph to km/h, I always have the thought: don't the English use the fucking metric system?

Silly Merikuns.

Goddammit. I read this entire thread in Jeremy Clarkson's voice. Why?!

Sharp_Coyote said:
You see, the Brits have it correct!

I love older American cars that had digitital instrument clusters; they invariably feature a button labelled English / Metric.

While this button is primarily used to switch the speedometer display from mph to km/h, I always have the thought: don't the English use the fucking metric system?

Silly Merikuns.

Yep, they do. If I'm not mistaken, The United States is the only place that uses Imperial Metric System (liek srsly guise, git Internertionel)

Because we'd rather have freedom.

Don't you Brits understand what it meant when you lost the Revolutionary War to us?

well, potato_chips are made from fried, thin slices of potatoes. sorry the us isn't british enough for your liking but its the us, not the uk.

freedom fries
freedom chips

Ozelot said:
Because we'd rather have freedom.

Don't you Brits understand what it meant when you lost the Revolutionary War to us?

Americans please stop before cringe

Thing is, the Brits actually only officially use metric, but in daily practice it's some weird hybrid between metric and their own imperial system from ye olde days. Like, they'll weigh things in kilograms (though sometimes stones and pounds) yet measure length in feet and miles (miles for speed, too). And volume is measured in gallons, with those gallons differing from US gallons, which is why their cars always seem kick-ass fuel efficient at first glance if you're used to the Murrican version.

It's strange, but then strange is what we've come to expect from them. Being isolated on an island for so long kind of does that to you.

The rest of Europe is all entirely metric as far as I know. Metric rocks.

I am British, let me solve these things

What we refer to as crisps, you refer to as chips. We still have fries, but fries are the thin ones you get at fast food joints. The thicker ones you get at the chippy are called chips. We don't use the term "french fries" unless we - in a strange cycle - are referring to the brand of crisps.

Long distances are measured in miles, but smaller ones are measured in centimetres. Height can be measured in either, as can floor space. And yes, car speed is measured in miles per hour.

Weights are in grams and kilograms for goods, but body weight is in stones and pounds. Not sure about most other things though - it's hard to discern whether a sign with "t" refers to tons or tonnes.

Very rarely are gallons used. Pretty much all goods are measured in millilitres and litres. However, we still use pints and half-pints when talking about beer.

And Imperial units are called British units because that's where they originated from. Similarly, metric units are sometimes called French units.

Enjoy your freedoms, America.

EmoCat said:
Americans please stop before cringe

too late mate

Arent the british people the only one who call them crisps? Even here in Germany we call them "Chips"

Lance_Armstrong said:
freedom fries
freedom chips

Liberty fries

EmoCat said:
Americans please stop before cringe

America. #1 Badasses of the world.

EmoCat said:
Americans please stop before cringe

You need some liberty in your life.

Turning this car around before she gets lost in life, liberty, and the pursuit of freedom fries ...

As chips is too vague a term to be used only for one food item, as you can have a computer chip, poker chip, chocolate chip, chip_and_dale (of the rodent variety), be carrying a chip, a chip off the ol' block, chips of things (like ice, wood, et.al.) and on and on ...

methinks chips should be aliased to potato_chips.

Then more specific tags like potato_chips corn_chips poker_chip can be used as warranted.

TheHuskyK9 said:
Liberty fries

Apparently after the first world war Americans started calling sauerkraut "liberty cabbage"

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Needs more eagles

Kaeetayel said:
Very rarely are gallons used. Pretty much all goods are measured in millilitres and litres. However, we still use pints and half-pints when talking about beer.

Our tank capacities are measured in gallons, and measure our fuel consumption in miles per gallon. We buy petrol in litres.

Oh yeah I forgot about those

And you know what they call a Quarter Pounder with Cheese in Paris?

parasprite said:
Chips are also fries. :P

It's also a name and a brand of chocolate-chip cookies.

JoeX said:
Goddammit. I read this entire thread in Jeremy Clarkson's voice. Why?!

JoeX said:
Goddammit. I read this entire thread in Jeremy Clarkson's voice. Why?!

Because this guy is more or less Jeremy Clarkson. He isn't even being subtle with the mild America bashing, ha.

Anyway, I like the current name status quo in the US. You throw french fries into a fryer after they're blanched, and then voila! French fries! Though I do know that English "chips" are often thicker and shorter. I call potato chips, crisps sometimes too. It doesn't really matter...anyone can see...

EDIT: Also, no Elad post yet? Hm

GameManiac said:
Aw man, you made me recollect on him being fired from Top Gear, alongside his co-hosts James May and Richard Hammond quitting.

what...? i like watching that show on bbc america. first i've heard of that happening but that just shows that the episodes aired on that channeled are likely reruns of older episodes. :/

treos said:
what...? i like watching that show on bbc america. first i've heard of that happening but that just shows that the episodes aired on that channeled are likely reruns of older episodes. :/

Apparently, Clarkson attacked a producer. There was a massive investigation and Clarkson was suspended. There was a petition to bring back Clarkson, which did exactly jack shit. Technically, May and Hammond weren't fired. They left along with Clarkson because they weren't going to work for the BBC unless he was there. The BBC fucked up and fans aren't happy. They've talked about reviving Top Gear in 2016 with new hosts, but fuck that. Without Jezza, Captain Slow and Hamster, it's not Top Gear.

JoeX said:
Apparently, Clarkson attacked a producer. There was a massive investigation and Clarkson was suspended. There was a petition to bring back Clarkson, which did exactly jack shit. Technically, May and Hammond weren't fired. They left along with Clarkson because they weren't going to work for the BBC unless he was there. The BBC fucked up and fans aren't happy. They've talked about reviving Top Gear in 2016 with new hosts, but fuck that. Without Jezza, Captain Slow and Hamster, it's not Top Gear.

The three of them are a dream team, even off the show. You can't picture one without the other two, like a cheeseburger, which is composed of the buns, the meat, and the cheese.

I'm sure going to miss the three of them as hosts of Top Gear. And I'm not entirely confident that Top Gear will go on as strongly as it did without them. Of course, the show did well before the three of them, but I'm not comfortable with that change.

Also, shocking how quickly this forum changed topics.

GameManiac said:
The three of them are a dream team, even off the show. You can't picture one without the other two, like a cheeseburger, which is composed of the buns, the meat, and the cheese.

I'm sure going to miss the three of them as hosts of Top Gear. And I'm not entirely confident that Top Gear will go on as strongly as it did without them. Of course, the show did well before the three of them, but I'm not comfortable with that change.

Also, shocking how quickly this forum changed topics.

The three of them have been doing a live show and people are saying it's really good. I miss those guys. :(

End-all response to entire thread :

"It infuriates people who actually care about such details."

treos said:
what...? i like watching that show on bbc america. first i've heard of that happening but that just shows that the episodes aired on that channeled are likely reruns of older episodes. :/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DoaI-wHv8tU

Ozelot said:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DoaI-wHv8tU

JoeX said:
Apparently, Clarkson attacked a producer. There was a massive investigation and Clarkson was suspended. There was a petition to bring back Clarkson, which did exactly jack shit. Technically, May and Hammond weren't fired. They left along with Clarkson because they weren't going to work for the BBC unless he was there. The BBC fucked up and fans aren't happy. They've talked about reviving Top Gear in 2016 with new hosts, but fuck that. Without Jezza, Captain Slow and Hamster, it's not Top Gear.

darn, that sucks. :/