fry or fries (American English)

0The best way to say this would be to say "a large order of fries," but my sense of grammar would not be offended to hear someone omit the "order of" and say "a large fries." On the other hand, if I heard someone order "a large fry" I would half expect to see a single french fry about a foot long. (I was going to say "the size of a baseball bat," but I guess that would be "an extra-large fry.

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01font01i01font00fry02font02i00:[ C ] an amount of fries that are served together, especially in a fast food restaurant.02font02br
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00I don't recall ever hearing anyone say that. It sounds very odd to me.02br
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00Best wishes, Clive0-

0 Where I live I don't think anyone would say either without some sort of modifier in front of it for that sentence.02br
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00Box of, order of, group of, set of, etc.0-

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00I just checked what is said on an episode of an animated cartoon I like. Two characters work for a fast food restaurant, and I just found a guy who says:02br
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01font00Large frie01u01b01i00s02i02b02u00, pie, large coffee... pronto, got me good, buddy?02br
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0 Well, maybe it's an East Coast thing, but I certainly would 01b00not02b00 be surprised to hear someone place an order at, say, Micky D's this way:02br
00 "01i00I'll have a Big Mac, a large fry and a medium Coke02i00." But I wouldn't be surprised to hear "01i00a large order of fries02i00" either.0-

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0Maybe I should have been more clear in my original attempt to answer this -- I wouldn't be too surprised either to hear someone say "a large fry," but I wouldn't say it that way myself. (And I might make a joke about it.)0-

0 I honestly can't say now which I'd say - after saying them each a few times, they both sound normal. So maybe it is an east coast thing. I cant imagine saying "a fry" but "a large fry" or "a small fry" to mean a small (or large) order of fries. 0-

It's also a Midwest thing.