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We call them chips because there basically chips of a potato. Similarly what you call chips or potato chips we call crisps because you fry them to a crisp... If anything you Americans should call your "fries" chips because they are chips and your "potato chips" crisps because there fried to a crisp!
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Also [French] Fries are usually cut thinner than British chips, so are not quite the same thing.
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What is the British saying for french fries?
The British call "french fries" "Chips".
What do British people call fries?
Chips.
What is the british name for french fries?
French fries (American Term) are called chips in the UK. If you ask for chips in the US you will get what the British refer to as crisps.
Why are french fries call chips?
They are called French fries because "to french something" is to cut it into thin slices. The French themselves don't call their fries "French".
What are potato chips called in Great Britain?
We call them 'chips' in other countries they are known as 'fries' or 'French fries' the confusion arises in America, American 'chips' are what the British call 'crisps' a very thin slice of potato deep fried until crisp and golden.
How do you say french fries in British?
chips (like in fish 'n chips)
What is the British English word for fries?
The food called fries in America are known as chips in Britain.
What do people from Scotland call french fries?
Chips
Why do british people call french fries chips?
I've always thought it was because the pieces of potatoe are "chipped" off the whole. We were always told to "chip the spuds" (what we call potatoes) when we were having "chips" for tea !
What does chips mean in british?
They use the word chips when Americans say French fries (potatoes).
What really are fish and chips?
Fish and chips ... really is fish and chips. The fish is usually cod/haddock in batter or breadcrumbs. Chips are (what Americans call) fries.
What are potato chips called in England if french fries are called chips?
They're called Crisps. I agree i went to France and the chips were called crips because my brother went France on school trip and he asked for crisps and they have him chips! +++ There's also a slight difference in that British potato-chips are cut thicker than French Fries, and their surfaces are not fried to crispness so the inner should be tender but still firm. The version sold by MacDonalds, in the UK at least, is very thin and crispy to hard. For some perverse reason at least one UK-based crisp manufacturer has been labelling its packets sold in the UK "Potato Chips" (in the US sense) for a few years.
