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- 1Why English speakers don't say totopos●I'm aware that totopos and tortilla chips aren't necessarily the same thing, but it seems very weird to me that we don't
A debate has emerged over snack vocabulary: bags of corn chips sold in English-speaking markets often carry both labels, "tortilla chips" and "totopos", yet English speakers almost never use the Spanish word. One commenter finds it strange that the more specific Mexican term, which refers to fried or toasted tortilla pieces, has not been adopted, while English keeps the generic "tortilla chips" for what may be a distinct product.