Fries or Fries ti's just what you see

Leggings Fries or Fries? THIS IS THE ANSWER TO THE QUESTION: IS IT FRIES OR PATAT? It's a discussion for years: do you call those fried potato strips fries or chips? It has already been discussed by many people and there is even a whole discussion on Instagram and Twitter with #teamfriet and #teampatat. Of course we still don't know what is correct, but we were able to find some information for you: French fries French fries and fries are in fact both correct. However, how it is called varies by region. Above the rivers it is usually fries, and below the rivers they often say fries. Linguistically, the original word for chips or fries – and we're talking about two hundred years ago – is French fries. Fries here meant potato and fries came from frying. Just like in France where they say pomme frites. But why do we abbreviate it differently in the south than in the north? This is probably because in the south the word fries already had a meaning (two even). One meaning was potato, the other meaning was slap. "You can get fries" there means that you get a bang for your kanis. It was therefore illogical to give the word fries a third meaning. That's why they probably started saying fries. This second meaning did not exist in the Northern Netherlands, so it was abbreviated there to fries. So there is no wrong form, but there is a logical one. And now... the best leggings for the fries generation fries or chips it just depends on how you see it #teampatat and #teamfriet.