On Fri, 3 Oct 2014 19:50:09 -0700, "Julie Bove"
> wrote:

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>"Kalmia" > wrote in message
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>> Reading a novel set in Sussex - author has referred a few times to
>> 'crisps' as something commonly eaten. Are these what we Yanks call potato
>> chips, or French fries? Thanks.
>>
>> I love some of the other terms - like 'garage drive' for.... 'driveway'?
>
>Yes, they are potato chips. I'm not a Brit and even I know this. They also
>have a lot of flavors over there that we don't have.

Name one. There are dozens asnd dozens of potato chip flavors in the
US... that said I abhor otherworldly potato chip flavors, I like plain
potato chips.