Liverpool is unique for many reasons; the accent, sense of humour and also our definition of a 'Chippy', apparently.
Through conversations with those who have moved to the city, we've realised many people have been left shocked when noticing major differences between takeaways in the city compared to the rest of the UK.
To us, when we say "we're getting a chippy" we order foods such as salt and pepper chicken, fried rice, chips and more.
So what does a 'Chippy' mean to you?
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We opened this up on the Liverpool ECHO's WhatsOn Facebook page to settle this debate once and for all and we received more than 100 comments.
Here's what our readers said:
CK Knight said: "Defo a local thing. I moved from Mancunia up to the Wirral two years ago, my fella nipped out to the "chippy" asking if I wanted anything (I didn't) and I recall being devastated when he returned with Chinese food!! Chippy if for fish, chips, pies.
"Chinese is for Chinese takeaway!!"
Carrie Olford said: "I moved to Liverpool from Edinburgh and couldn’t believe you can buy both from the same place! Love it!"
Kerry Pegg said: "I’m from down south. Trust me it’s just a Liverpool thing!!"
Neil Wilkes added: "Our chippy does English, Chinese, Burgers and Kebabs so it means all of them. I don't understand ones that only do fish and chips."
Christine Frankland said: "I use chippy to encompass everything! If it's a take away, it's a chippy.
"Think it is just a Liverpool thing though, my fiancé is from Bolton and used to get so confused when I'd suggest a chippy, then want a Chinese.
"He thought chippy was exclusively fish & chips kind of chippy."
And, Dean Leake commented: "Was only talking about this the other day- apparently it’s a scouse thing! #whoknew"
