From:	Mark C. Farrington alareth@*****.dwebs.net
Subject:	[OT] Re: Pringles
Date:	Sat, 27 Feb 1999 13:17:32 -0500

>>P.S. CONGRATULATIONS!
>>You called em CRISPS! (which is what they are)
>>I'll never understand the american need to call a crisp a 'chip', and a
chip
>>a 'french fry'...
>>
>
> Hmmm here in Australia a chip is many things and none ;)
> when someone says "chip" they can mean -
>
> 1. A potato chip, as in the fried in oil variety you get from Mcdonalds
> 2. A potato chip, as in the variety you get in packets with flavourings
> ala the Smiths Potato Chips or the Pringles variety.
>
> It all depends on context, and what the person talking has in his/her hand
> at the time ;)

We invented both of them here in the US so we get to name them :Þ

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