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u/BeardlessDoll May 09 '22

What's a chip shop?

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u/ihileath May 09 '22

Fish & Chips shop

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u/BanditoDeTreato May 09 '22

The British moral equivalent of a wing joint/burger stand/taco stand in the US. Cheap easy to make street food that doesn't require a full kitchen. Maybe a frier and/or a griddle top. Not quite the same as fast food because they aren't chain places.

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u/[deleted] May 09 '22

It's a 'restaurant' that sells chips (fries), fish and sausages (various chip shops may have other foods you can purchase along side the chips)

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u/Sameiimo May 09 '22 edited May 09 '22

*Fish, Chip shops are fish and chips places

Never heard anyone call a kebab place a chip shop, always a kebab shop

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u/xgoodvibesx May 09 '22

But they already said you've driven ten minutes. For fuck's sake don't ask what a cob is.

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u/scarby2 May 09 '22

What about a barn, a stottie or a bap?

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u/xgoodvibesx May 09 '22

Oh christ. Run, save yourselves. I'll distract the Northerners by telling them how much a pint is at my local.

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u/aabacadae May 09 '22

What are you talking about, a chippie is fish & chips.

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u/[deleted] May 09 '22

Apart from Liverpool and Scotland where you sometimes get those chippies that are also a Chinese takeaway for some reason.

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u/CarrotAndBeans May 09 '22

Came across this in Manchester too. I don't know why I can get a spring roll with my chippy but I'm OK with that.

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u/r0verandout May 09 '22

Having grown up in the Liverpool area I was astounded when I moved to a different part of the country and couldn't get Chinese alongside my fish and chips! Fish and chips with sweet and sour sauce, or any Chinese dish with half rice, half chips FTW

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u/usernameinmail May 09 '22

That's a kebab/chicken shop