A potato scallop by any other name would taste as delicious. Or would it?

Long have states been divided over what to call the humble deep-fried potato snack; Queenslanders and NSW residents know there's no place in the world for "potato cake". Victorians disagree.

Togs, bathers or cossies? The answer reveals a lot about you. Credit:Graham Tidy GGT

This Australian English vocabulary divide between, and within, states is what drove three linguists from Melbourne to document people's word preferences.