Say, you Brits need to understand that we Americans understand the term "Fish and Chips" exactly the same way you do - but it is the only occasion where we refer to french fries as "chips."

I've known the term "fish and chips" since I was five years old and living in Detroit - French fries and deep-fried fish (usually cod). If you had asked me what "chips" were, I would have said they were potato chips, and it also refers to tortilla chips here in California.

But I really don't think you need to explain the term "fish and chips" anywhere in the United States. We understand it exactly the same way you do.

-Joe-