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Do you call it a bag of crisps or a packet of crisps

129 replies

TheChippendenSpook · 16/07/2024 12:30

I call it a packet. To me, a bag is something that you put things in to carry around.

Crisps come in a packet, all ready to eat and nicely sealed, ready for you to open.

It doesn't matter but I'm bored and was just wondering how many people call it a bag or a packet.

OP posts:
DiscoBeat · 16/07/2024 13:14

Zimunya · 16/07/2024 13:12

Neither, because we never buy the individual small packets. We buy a large bag, and then serve them in a smaller bowl, so we ask, "Would you like some crisps?" when offering them. Fascinated by "poke" though! Reddit suggests that "packet" is British English and "bag" is American English, but that is clearly not true given the differing responses to this thread!

You literally just said 'bag'

We do this too - so usually 'some crisps' !

Irie1980 · 16/07/2024 13:19

Anything but package

Objectionhearsayspeculation · 16/07/2024 13:19

FatmanandKnobbin · 16/07/2024 12:43

It's a poke of crisps here too.

Same with chips, if you go to a chippy and just want a small chips you ask for a poke of chips.

Northern Ireland by any chance <waves>

Littleroundsponge · 16/07/2024 13:19

Packet

DinnaeFashYersel · 16/07/2024 13:21

Bag - I'm Scottish

A poke is for chips, not crisps.

Ineedwinenow · 16/07/2024 13:25

It’s a bag of crisps for me ( Derbyshire)

GreenShady · 16/07/2024 13:26

Alwaystired2023 · 16/07/2024 12:36

Gosh I say both interchangeably

Same!

TubeScreamer · 16/07/2024 13:27

Packet

blablausername · 16/07/2024 13:35

Packet for normal size.
Maybe bag for a sort of large family sized cos I'd say a big bag and not a big packet.

ohthejoys21 · 16/07/2024 13:36

Thanks.. wasn't thinking of crisps till now!!!

SnapdragonToadflax · 16/07/2024 13:38

Bag of crisps, but crisp packet. Depends how I phrase it! SE.

Santasbigredbobblehat · 16/07/2024 13:38

I say pack, don't even I realised it was short for packet. I live in
London but have Scottish and Hull parentage.

Dearg · 16/07/2024 13:39

Both. Either. But poke is chips.

Coconutter24 · 16/07/2024 13:40

Bag of crisps - I carry my crisps around in their bag

AllProperTeaIsTheft · 16/07/2024 13:40

Either is normal, but I say packet.

TimeandMotion · 16/07/2024 13:40

Never heard of a pig in a poke OP?

en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pig_in_a_poke

Poke is just a local Scottish word for a bag. I think small bags rather than big ones. I agree with the fellow Scots who use it for chips but not crisps but I can probably imagine my granny talking about a wee poke o’ crisps.

I live in England now so don’t say “poke” at all unless talking about a jab with a finger, for crisps I’d use bag and packet interchangeably.

UrsulaBelle · 16/07/2024 13:42

Bag or packet interchangeably like PPs. 🤷🏼‍♀️ Now I’ll have to ask the kids what they say.

the80sweregreat · 16/07/2024 13:44

Been known to say both !

notacooldad · 16/07/2024 13:45

I use both words.

Toottooot · 16/07/2024 13:46

Pack’a crisps or a packety o’ crisps.

norasand · 16/07/2024 13:46

Either - London
But possibly inclined to use packet more for a small one and bag for a large one...

Thevelvelletes · 16/07/2024 13:47

BashfulClam · 16/07/2024 12:40

Ach no it’s a ‘poke’ of crisps!

Bug o crisps..Ne Scotland.

TheShiningCarpet · 16/07/2024 13:50

i tend to use bag for a larger family sized bag of crisps, packet for individual small ones

guestusername · 16/07/2024 14:15

Neither. Pack of crisps round here

makeyoufeelbetter · 16/07/2024 14:20

Packet!

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