Sliced, battered, deep fried potatoes

[Joseph41]

Amazing. What a man.

For what it's worth.

[jamonwindeyer]

That is a cake.



These are not. That is all

[Joseph41]

Jamon pls

[sudodds]

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That is a cake.

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These are not. That is all

That is a scallop.



These are not. That is all

[pootato]

as potato is part of my username, i feel obliged to say that the correct term is potato cake. That is all

[spectroscopy]

i read a very interesting linguistic study showing word diversity across australia. there are heaps of these and it all has very clear geographical boundaries. one crazy one i remember was how in alot of australia, parmigiana is called a "parmi" but in all of vic (and a few other places) its a "parma" except in geelong which also uses "parmi". another interesting one is: what do you call the taps you drink from at school? there were more but i forgot.

EDIT: heres a link to something similiar http://www.smh.com.au/national/australian-linguistics-roadshow-words-that-divide-the-nation-20151119-gl31n2.html

[cookiedream]

Asking the important questions
(btw it's a potato cake)

[Joseph41]

And just for context, this is a great example to use regarding language variation in Australian English.

[jamonwindeyer]

Am I really the only one who calls them scallops? Come oooon guys 

[Joseph41]

Am I really the only one who calls them scallops? Come oooon guys 

Nah, you definitely wouldn't be alone in New South Wales.

But you might have a tricky time in Victoria.

[literally lauren]

I'm "other."

It's a battered-flat-yellow-spud and you're all weirdos.

[Joseph41]

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I'm "other."

It's a battered-flat-yellow-spud and you're all weirdos.

Oh - the bfys for short?

[Alter]

Can we appreciate the tiny proportion of people in that diagram that are conflating the prestigious hash brown with its beautiful, sliced, battered, deep fried counterpart? 

[tashhhaaa]

it's a potato cake! scallops are seafood lol

[Coffee]

Funny, we were talking about this in a Linguistics lecture a week or two ago.

Can we appreciate the tiny proportion of people in that diagram that are conflating the prestigious hash brown with its beautiful, sliced, battered, deep fried counterpart? 

Interestingly, this is also a hash brown:


And this is a potato cake in the US:


Anywho, for what it's worth, I call it a potato cake.

For more controversy: http://www.news.com.au/lifestyle/real-life/news-life/what-aussies-say-differently/news-story/0afeb068eb99ca1bc0f1ba47c0025682