Taytos or Crisps

ongarboy

meoklmrk91 wrote: »

What do you call them, I call all Tayto's, Tayto's no matter what the brand. I do know people that call them crisps but that just sounds weird imho.

So if you are at a counter in a shop and want Pringles, Doritos, Hunky Dorys, King etc how do you ask for them or will you only ever order Taytos??

I think it is a country thing and maybe an outdated thing. When I was small, crisps were generally referred to as Taytos alright. I remember when our primary school introduced a junk food ban, they said no Taytos. I remember even then saying, that's fine, I'll just eat Monster Munch/Rancheros/Sam Spudz - (remember them)? I don't think my nieces/nephews back in culchie land use the generic term Taytos now though and I never here anyone in Dublin refer to them as Taytos unless of course they are Tayto crisps.

Seachmall

ongarboy wrote: »

So if you are at a counter in a shop and want Pringles, Doritos, Hunky Dorys, King etc how do you ask for them or will you only ever order Taytos??

How often do people actually ask for Taytos/crisps?

Aren't they generally just on racks by the till where you pick them up yourself?

If you were at an all-night garage where you do business through the window you'd be more descriptive, but in general I've never had an issue with calling them Taytos.

meoklmrk91

Seachmall wrote: »

ongarboy wrote: »

So if you are at a counter in a shop and want Pringles, Doritos, Hunky Dorys, King etc how do you ask for them or will you only ever order Taytos??

How often do people actually ask for Taytos/crisps?

Aren't they generally just on racks by the till where you pick them up yourself?

If you were at an all-night garage where you do business through the window you'd be more descriptive, but in general I've never had an issue with calling them Taytos.

Me either, I don't think I have ever had to assisi for taytos except maybe in a pub and there still has never been any confusion.

Only in England did I ever have any bother, because my cousins don't know what taytos they would look at you like you were nuts when you offered them a tayto, I was staunch and still called the taytos they picked it up after a while but my mother started calling them crisps she did this for about a year and it used to drive me up the wall.

Finally I just want to say that if I was in a position where I had to ask for a bag of taytos which were not in fact tayto taytos then I wouldn't go up to the counter and say can I have a packet of the cheese and onion hunky dory taytos. I would ask for cheese and onion hunky dorys. However say I was at home and I asked my mother if there were any taytos there then she will tell me what brands are there, I just use it like a generic name.

Chuck Stone

meoklmrk91 wrote: »

I was staunch and still called them taytos

my mother started calling them crisps ... and it used to drive me up the wall.

You're a man of strong convictions and you stick to your guns.

Mackman

In Australia they dont even call them crisps. They're called "chips"or "chippies".
What do they call normal chips from a chipper then?, I hear you ask: "Hot chips".

Strange, strange place

Liam Byrne

Mackman wrote: »

In Australia they dont even call them crisps. They're called "chips"or "chippies".
What do they call normal chips from a chipper then?, I hear you ask: "Hot chips".

Strange, strange place

You should try going into a pub wearing thongs!