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Re:Who Was the Buddha? by wyclif on Wednesday December 18, 2019 @09:48PM (#21831651)
Americans often get confused when in the UK because "chippy" can mean either a carpenter or the fish and chips shop on the street.
Re:Who Was the Buddha? by gerdesj on Thursday December 19, 2019 @05:30AM (#21833617)
To, not really, help counter that the shop is often called a "fish and chippery"!
Re:Who Was the Buddha? by pbhjpbhj on Thursday December 19, 2019 @06:59AM (#21834102)
Depends where your are, chipper is common to some, others say 'fish shop', some 'chippy'. Other people say they're "getting chips", or "having carry-out" and leave the place to be entirely implicit.

That said, I've never seen it called the "fish and chippery", but it wouldn't surprise me to see that used.

Re:Who Was the Buddha? by soylentcola on Thursday December 19, 2019 @10:47AM (#21835878)
And in some alternate universe, "fish and chips" became "Molly's Lips" in rhyming slang, leading to phrases like "get lunch at the molly".