just wondering :)

you make it sound as if we're doing it backwards, but it our language : P
crisps - potato chips
chips - french fries

well bb, it may have once been your language but we kinda like bought it from you...(with other countries' money of course)

just kidding :D

LOL, BB!

I'm not British, but I do have British friends, and I studied the English dialect, so I know the vernacular fairly well.

I remember when I went to the States and I confused the waiter in this restaurant when I asked for chips with my steak.

Well, I'm not British, but in school I learned to call it crisps. The American part of me refuses to say that word though =D

i'm not british but i'm learning english and i call them patato chips

Yeah, I've read way too much Brit Lit. But the British call them crisps :)

i asked my teacher and he said me that briitish people call it crisps

LMAO BB! XD
Yeah, we backwards people call them crisps =D

potato chips = papas fritas = french fries
we use the same words for both

I didn't really catch the question.Anyway the way i say it in english is potatoe chips.I've also heard other people calling it just chips,but that reminds of ''micro-chips''.This is the reason why i don't use it this way...In Greece,we call it patatakia and this is SO SILLY.AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHA

We actually learn this kind of stuff on English

French fries aren't even from France. They're chips and "potato chips" are crisps.

Why dont Americans and Britains say the same things and have the same words?xx

I'm British and we call them crisps

the thought just occurred to me as I read the question :P

In Australia we call both of them "chips" lol.

Lol, in NZ we call them "chippies".

I ain't British. However, CHIPS sounds very cute to me and that's what I like to call 'em! ^__^

I am from England. From what I can tell about American words, fries means chips and chips means crisps. Bit confusing 😂