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Originally Posted by JSWolf
In the UK, for some unknown reason they call ground beef mince. They also call potatoes tattys.
In the US it's ground beef and potatoes.
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That is because we do not "grind" meat we "mince" it using a food mincer. Do you grind meat on a grindstone?
Potatoes are indeed sometimes called "Tattys" bur the names taters, and spuds are commonly used.