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I disagree.  "French fries" is a local idiom -- as the "Freedom Fries" incident makes clear.  In Expland one doesn't order "Fish and french fries" -- one orders "Fish and Chips".  In England a "chip" is (was?) what ''Americans'' call a french fry.  What Americans call a "potato chip" is a "potato crisp".
I disagree.  "French fries" is a local idiom -- as the "Freedom Fries" incident makes clear.  In England one doesn't order "Fish and french fries" -- one orders "Fish and Chips".  In England a "chip" is (was?) what ''Americans'' call a french fry.  What Americans call a "potato chip" is a "potato crisp".


I suggest it is better for the article to be written so it can be understood by those who are not native speakers of English, or who come from a section of the anglosphere where "french fry" is not the conventional term.
I suggest it is better for the article to be written so it can be understood by those who are not native speakers of English, or who come from a section of the anglosphere where "french fry" is not the conventional term.

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 Definition:  A Quebec dish of fresh cheese curds, strips of deep fried potatoes, and gravy—from the Quebec French word for "mess". [d] [e]
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Is "sacrée poutine" a French Canadian word (phrase) -- I don't find the word "poutine" in any of my 3 French dictionaries, including my 2-volume Larousse? Hayford Peirce 10:16, 19 November 2007 (CST)

Yes, as in the French quote, and its translation, in the article, Anglophone Canadians are routinely informed poutime=="mess". Cheers! George Swan 22:04, 23 March 2008 (CDT)

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Isn't poutine strictly served with french fries? --Robert W King 12:45, 19 November 2007 (CST)

I disagree...

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the use of "deep fried potatoes" is vague and misleading: it is made with fries, pure and simple

I disagree. "French fries" is a local idiom -- as the "Freedom Fries" incident makes clear. In England one doesn't order "Fish and french fries" -- one orders "Fish and Chips". In England a "chip" is (was?) what Americans call a french fry. What Americans call a "potato chip" is a "potato crisp".

I suggest it is better for the article to be written so it can be understood by those who are not native speakers of English, or who come from a section of the anglosphere where "french fry" is not the conventional term.

So I reverted it.

Cheers! George Swan 16:11, 27 October 2008 (UTC)

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