Rich2236
Loc: E. Hampstead, New Hampshire
Hey Burtzy, do you mean "Van Nuys" CA?
Rich...
John N
Loc: HP14 3QF Stokenchurch, UK
A 'sarnie' over here (U.K.) is just a shortened form of sandwich - as in a bacon sarnie, for example. Be interested to know when it changed over there.
Burtzy
Loc: Bronx N.Y. & Simi Valley, CA
Rich2236 wrote:
Hey Burtzy, do you mean "Van Nuys" CA?
Rich...
Yes. They lived near Woodman and Victory. Left out the Y, didn't I?
Burtzy
Loc: Bronx N.Y. & Simi Valley, CA
Bunko.T wrote:
Q; What's 30 feet long & smells like Urine??
A; Line dancing in a aged care home.
That's only a sandwich if they pee on the bread.
AndyH wrote:
I’m an amateur linguist and follower of American regionalisms and accents. A frequent topic in a group I belong to is the variety of names for a long sandwich in different parts of the country. You know, the kind you can get at a chain like “Subway”?
Here are the regional names I know of. I’d love it if any of our worldwide membership can come up with any new ones...
Sub
Submarine
Torpedo
Hoagie
Grinder
Po’ Boy
Poor Boy
Spiedie
Spucky or Spuckie
Blimpie
Zeppelin
Bomber
Sarnie
Wedge
Hero
Italian (sometimes pronounced EYEtalian)
I think that’s sixteen in total. Lots of interesting origin stories there.
Can anyone make it 17? Or more?
What do YOU call a long sandwich? Either now or where you grew up.
Andy
I’m an amateur linguist and follower of American r... (
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Bánh Mì - Vietnam (Made on a baguette - this must be fusion cuisine
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Rich2236
Loc: E. Hampstead, New Hampshire
Burtzy wrote:
Yes. They lived near Woodman and Victory. Left out the Y, didn't I?
I know that area VERY well, it is the northern part of the Sepulveda basin park, (Balboa Park.) I lived in Northridge, just off of Balboa and Devonshire for 40 years.
Rich...
Hoagie, and soft Italian roll
Call me simple but I just call it "Lunch"
I was in Paris a few months ago for the first time.
Sitting at a cafe during lunch, I was amazed at how many indigenous people,
dressed in office attire, were riding their bikes, and munching away
at bagged, thin bread, long-type subs. I don't know what those are called
but they sure as hell were enjoying them.
"Hero" on Long Island, where I was raised, but "Sub" here, a hundred miles north.
I'm also fascinated by language and accents. I find it interesting that everyone who is raised in, let's say Italy, and then learns English, sounds just like the other Italians who have learned English.
olemikey
Loc: 6 mile creek, Spacecoast Florida
Andy - I think you covered most all the forms I've heard. I'll add: Philly (Cheese steak), Wreck, Bench Girl, Sinatra Special, Something Else, Stoners Delight, Highnooner, The Grandpa, some of these can be made in several styles, long roll, sandwich bread, round rolls, wraps, etc..... I've seen (in ethnic neighborhoods) many sandwiches with their own touch, names... all over the chart. Great subject, and now I'm wanting one, just gotta figure out which one!!!! Each section of the country will probably come online with additions.
Sub here in East Tennessee.
"Hoagie" named after famed songwriter/pianist/singer "Hoagie" Carmichael (composer of "Stardust").
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