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FAUX AMIS - Chips is not chips!

FAUX AMIS - Chips is not chips!

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 www.korutraduction.fr Transcipt : Hi, I'm Hannah. Welcome to don't say It, the podcast designed to help you master the finer details of the English language. Today we are tackling the serious issues. This is the chips episode. Chips, or in French, sheeps, is a feminine noun, the chip, or in its plural form, chips, are the number one snack food in America, also known as crisps in England. These are crunchy things that people eat in movie theaters that just make me want to lightly strangle and kill them. If you ever see me and you have potato chips in your hand, don't eat them near me, because I will turn into the Incredible Hulk. Just ask my children. Misphonia is an actual condition which turns me, their mummy, into a monster when they're just trying to eat this cereal. Apparently, it's a neurological condition which is triggered by hypersensitivity. Be warned, OK, another type of chip, computer chip or microchip, the little metal magical square that tells your computer to open up a Disney Plus link. When I was younger, I went to church a lot with my parents. Our passion was this revolutionary modern. Pentecostal like, charismatic American guy with this beautiful family. Now, he was particularly fond of the Book of Revelations in the Bible. Needless to say, I spent most of my life as a young person questioning if I was ready to sacrifice myself for Jesus when the end times came. Thankfully, I still haven't been confronted with that quandary. Our listener Philippe, that vocabulary (quandary) was for you. Anyway, he told us every Sunday that one day the government would put a microchip into our skin or our brain and control us. It would be used to pay for simple things, food like chips. Then it will control our every move. To be honest, the only implant technology I've ever read about is actually helping people. Helping amputees or people who are unable to speak. One for chips, zero for conspiracy theorists. Let's talk about some chips. Now, this is where my expertise comes in. If you are a mum, you will most likely recognize these in the frozen foods aisle in the supermarket. If you come from England, Australia or New Zealand, you know these are sold in little tubs at carnivals or in fish and chip shops. They're hot, they're salty, and they are, I believe, the original 13th century Latin meaning of chips. In New Zealand, we all go crazy for every type of chip. Kumara chips, beetroot chips, parsnip chips. I mean, guys, it's just not fun anymore. It has to stop somewhere. Other chips. Well, we talk in English about chips of wood or metal. This describes small, broken pieces that can be dangerous, that come off. We can also talk about one chipping, one's tooth. Oh, my God. That happened to me in a classroom once. One of my students fell smack onto a table and chipped half of her front tooth off. Lord have mercy. Now we come to the most important tip of them all the chipmunk. In 1989, two stars were born chip and Dale. A chipmunk is just a squirrel, right? A chipmunk is a squirrel in the same way that Cardi B is the same as Beyonce. One cannot say they are the same, but it requires analysis of the details to determine their difference. Chipmunks hold nuts. Yes, they live in trees. Yes, they have long bushy tails. No, sir, they do not. They also thrive off annoying Donald Duck perpetually. Thank you for listening to this very important episode about tips. I'll be back with an interview soon, so please subscribe to Don't Say It podcast. Bye.

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