For those of you who call French fries chips, and potato chips crisps, what do you call a generic 'Pringles' type potato crisp?
Are they called crisps, too?
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I'm not from the UK, but I'm certain that Pringles would be called crisps as well. "Pringles" is just the name of the chips the same as "Lays" or "Ruffles". The chips (or "crisps") refer to the product that's inside.
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I assume you're asking speakers of UK (British) English. Pringles are sold here in their cardboard tubes & as 1465 suggests, we call them "Pringles." Most other crisp type snacks are known by their brand names. "Generic crisps" to us are potato chips to you.
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Linda Joy Thank you! That's probably to whom I'm referring. So what about the WalMart or store brand copy of Pringles? Because Pringles are actually potato crisps. They can't call them potato chips here because they're not what we call potato chips. I think brand name reference is common everywhere. -
Professor Yaffle Pringles are still described as "crisps." The only other crisps in a tube I know of are Doritos "stax", which look very similar. Supermarket websites desribe them as "sharing crisps."
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Other food cross-references: US biscuit = UK scone, US cookie = UK biscuit, US jelly = UK jam, US jello = UK jelly, US cilantro = UK coriander, US arugula = UK rocket, US cotton candy = UK candy floss, US grilled cheese = UK toastie
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Linda Joy
https://www.foodandwine.com/lifestyle/15-foods-us-and-uk-call-different-names
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