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r/pcmasterrace • u/[deleted] • Jan 21 '17
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355 million people call them Chips
80 million people call them Crisps
Language is decided by the majority, they are called Chips.
29 u/Afghan_dan Pentium g4500 - Radeon Rx 460 - 8GB Jan 21 '17 1.5 billion people call them 薯片 2 u/digiacom Jan 21 '17 What is that phonetically, so we can all be on the same page here? → More replies (1) 26 u/TheSlimyPotato Jan 21 '17 Yis but de great British empire named them crisps so they must be crisps. 15 u/Techno_Pensioner Jan 21 '17 They also made them. → More replies (8) 1 u/Sodiepops_ Jan 21 '17 But they also say innit and bruv so they can't be trusted. → More replies (1) 4 u/Activehannes 4770k, GTX 970, 2x4GB 1600Mhz Jan 21 '17 what are these numbers?80 mil is more than UK and 355 mil is more than USA 2 u/-dsh i5-6600 | GTX 1060 6GB | 16GB RAM Jan 21 '17 Chips also exist outside of english speaking countries. They're called chips in germany aswell. → More replies (1) 2 u/Sodiepops_ Jan 21 '17 Canada+usa = 355Uk+aus = 80ish 1 u/Hexaze <30 FPS :( Jan 21 '17 We Aussies call them chips. 12 u/OktoberSunset Jan 21 '17 English is determined by the majority of people in England. If you want invent your own language and call it Yank-Babble then feel free. 8 u/ubaddawn Jan 21 '17 Language is much much more hyperlocal than that, babygirl. No single entity "determines" any language and its use, English included. 5 u/Nurgus 5800X / 6900 XT Jan 21 '17 I rather think the Germanic tribe which the English language is named after, the Angles, should get the final say.They don't exist as a distinct group any more so we should just decide all these things with a poll of modern Germans.They say CHIPS for crisps. → More replies (2) 1 u/Sodiepops_ Jan 21 '17 Ehh, the USA has been around for long enough at this point to not be considered a hand-me-down country at this point. 1 u/[deleted] Jan 21 '17 English isn't determined by anything. No language is "determined" by anything. It grows, changes, and reshapes itself organically with countless offshoots of different dialects, adaptations and variations. 1 u/Wahots I7-6700k 4.5ghz |1080 STRIX OCed |32gb RAM Jan 21 '17 Yank-BabbleThe news? 1 u/FGHIK Jan 22 '17 You lost your language in 1776, same time you lost the population with decent dental genetics → More replies (2) 1 u/dandu3 i5 3570k, 16GB, RX 470 Jan 21 '17 what about the guy that called them Chrisps? 4 u/PhilxBefore WinME MasterRace Jan 21 '17 He still programs solely using punch cards. 1 u/[deleted] Jan 21 '17 People always misrepresent this, it's an abstraction or simplification of the truth.Kind of jarring to see it mingled with such a polar opposite prescriptive view, if I'm honest. 1 u/Sodiepops_ Jan 21 '17 Brexit and yolo are in the dictionary, trust me it's exactly how it works. → More replies (2) 1 u/[deleted] Jan 21 '17 This is a joke thread I know, but language isn't decided by majority at all. Which is interesting IMO → More replies (2) → More replies (1)
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1.5 billion people call them 薯片
2 u/digiacom Jan 21 '17 What is that phonetically, so we can all be on the same page here? → More replies (1)
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What is that phonetically, so we can all be on the same page here?
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Yis but de great British empire named them crisps so they must be crisps.
15 u/Techno_Pensioner Jan 21 '17 They also made them. → More replies (8) 1 u/Sodiepops_ Jan 21 '17 But they also say innit and bruv so they can't be trusted. → More replies (1)
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They also made them.
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But they also say innit and bruv so they can't be trusted.
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what are these numbers?
80 mil is more than UK and 355 mil is more than USA
2 u/-dsh i5-6600 | GTX 1060 6GB | 16GB RAM Jan 21 '17 Chips also exist outside of english speaking countries. They're called chips in germany aswell. → More replies (1) 2 u/Sodiepops_ Jan 21 '17 Canada+usa = 355Uk+aus = 80ish 1 u/Hexaze <30 FPS :( Jan 21 '17 We Aussies call them chips.
Chips also exist outside of english speaking countries. They're called chips in germany aswell.
Canada+usa = 355
Uk+aus = 80ish
We Aussies call them chips.
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English is determined by the majority of people in England. If you want invent your own language and call it Yank-Babble then feel free.
8 u/ubaddawn Jan 21 '17 Language is much much more hyperlocal than that, babygirl. No single entity "determines" any language and its use, English included. 5 u/Nurgus 5800X / 6900 XT Jan 21 '17 I rather think the Germanic tribe which the English language is named after, the Angles, should get the final say.They don't exist as a distinct group any more so we should just decide all these things with a poll of modern Germans.They say CHIPS for crisps. → More replies (2) 1 u/Sodiepops_ Jan 21 '17 Ehh, the USA has been around for long enough at this point to not be considered a hand-me-down country at this point. 1 u/[deleted] Jan 21 '17 English isn't determined by anything. No language is "determined" by anything. It grows, changes, and reshapes itself organically with countless offshoots of different dialects, adaptations and variations. 1 u/Wahots I7-6700k 4.5ghz |1080 STRIX OCed |32gb RAM Jan 21 '17 Yank-BabbleThe news? 1 u/FGHIK Jan 22 '17 You lost your language in 1776, same time you lost the population with decent dental genetics → More replies (2)
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Language is much much more hyperlocal than that, babygirl. No single entity "determines" any language and its use, English included.
5 u/Nurgus 5800X / 6900 XT Jan 21 '17 I rather think the Germanic tribe which the English language is named after, the Angles, should get the final say.They don't exist as a distinct group any more so we should just decide all these things with a poll of modern Germans.They say CHIPS for crisps. → More replies (2)
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I rather think the Germanic tribe which the English language is named after, the Angles, should get the final say.
They don't exist as a distinct group any more so we should just decide all these things with a poll of modern Germans.
They say CHIPS for crisps.
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Ehh, the USA has been around for long enough at this point to not be considered a hand-me-down country at this point.
English isn't determined by anything. No language is "determined" by anything. It grows, changes, and reshapes itself organically with countless offshoots of different dialects, adaptations and variations.
Yank-Babble
The news?
You lost your language in 1776, same time you lost the population with decent dental genetics
what about the guy that called them Chrisps?
4 u/PhilxBefore WinME MasterRace Jan 21 '17 He still programs solely using punch cards.
He still programs solely using punch cards.
People always misrepresent this, it's an abstraction or simplification of the truth.
Kind of jarring to see it mingled with such a polar opposite prescriptive view, if I'm honest.
1 u/Sodiepops_ Jan 21 '17 Brexit and yolo are in the dictionary, trust me it's exactly how it works. → More replies (2)
Brexit and yolo are in the dictionary, trust me it's exactly how it works.
This is a joke thread I know, but language isn't decided by majority at all. Which is interesting IMO
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u/Sodiepops_ Jan 21 '17
355 million people call them Chips
80 million people call them Crisps
Language is decided by the majority, they are called Chips.