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MPN11
Divided by a common language, as nomorehelosforme observes.
Never made it across the pond whist serving. However, in my second career I had cause to make numerous trips to exciting locations such as Iowa, Minnesota and N Dakota. On my very first sortie, jet-lagged to the eyebrows and in deepest Iowa the waitress rattled off a list of accompaniments and hearing the word "chips' I nodded. Somewhat discombobulated to find a large pile of crisps alongside my steak - doh!
The only other time that I found significant differences in social offerings etc was in South Carolina. Iced tea instead of a cold beer - come on!