Regional Language - what word do you use #1

[jeff]

On a lighter note... What do you call these sandwiches

[Demothenes]

Also, I say 'ya'll' an awful lot

-matt

[mrbiggs]

How about a po'boy?

Not that I actually use it. It's just another option.

[Maeve_Mari]

On a lighter note... What do you call these sandwiches

But don't you need to know the regions that go along with the responses?

[a517dogg]

never heard of a po'boy or a hero or a torpedo. if you don't call it a sub, you probably come from wicked fah from heah.

[Maeve_Mari]

never heard of a po'boy or a hero or a torpedo. if you don't call it a sub, you probably come from wicked fah from heah.

Hey Dogg, how about a bubbler. Can you tell us what a bubbler is? LOL
And a grinder. You must know what a grinder is!

[HillBilly]

I've always called them 'sub' sandwitches... or grinders I guess I'm half english, and a quarter italian... just in case you wanted to know.

[jeff]

Maeve_Mari, I didn't want to pre-guess which regions used which word, so I didn't put that in the poll.

a517dogg: 'wicked fah' - Gee, I guess you're from New England, huh? And, what is 'tonic'?

mrbigg: Do po'boys have the same shape as the others?

I added 'torpedo' for Louweasel. The British have several military food names ('torpedo', 'rocket', 'soldiers on horseback'), while we only have 'sub'!

[Soldier]

The term around here is 'clutch'. Not like a group of eggs or the way you control your manual transmission, but synonymous with 'cool'. It's kinda funky.

You also hear 'tool' used on a regular basis. Army, do you guys use the term 'stract'?

[Louweasel]

I added 'torpedo' for Louweasel. The British have several military food names ('torpedo', 'rocket', 'soldiers on horseback'), while we only have 'sub'!

Yup, that'd be torpedo for me, I suppose. I am also familiar with the term "hoagie". Although it's not a sandwich style I am fond of - very bread-y, and/or a bit too big.

Soldiers on horseback? What are they, Jeff? I've heard of (although never eaten) angels on horseback, which I think are some sort of canapé, but the soldiers are mystifying.

Rocket of course being the bitter-ish salad leaf with thin raggedy leaves. Often found with salmon or crayfish in a posh sandwich. What is it called in America?

Other military food - what about Beef Wellington? Named after a famous soldier...

[TheArmourer]

They tend to get called bagettes in the UK.

[HillBilly]

and in france

[Louweasel]

They tend to get called bagettes in the UK.

I think Jeff means the softer rolls in a long oval shape, not the much crustier length of french bread. The sort of thing you get in M&S or Boots as opposed to Upper Crust or the bottom shelf in Pret.

I'm getting hungry now...

[jeff]

I was eating too much Pret a Manger last week... Yes, I meant the "one big serving" ones (though they are done crunchy/crusty as well as soft). And I was hallucinating: yes, it's 'angels on horseback'. There's another weird food name with soldiers in it, but it escapes me at the moment.

I think it was solemnly agreed that Rocket = ricola = arugula. Does that sound right to the foodies?

[Maeve_Mari]

Maeve_Mari, I didn't want to pre-guess which regions used which word, so I didn't put that in the poll.

I understand that. It would be cool though if you could set up a double poll, so that respondants could enter their term and their regional location.

I've never heard of torpedoes. Where do they call subs torpedoes?

[Tireur]

I've never heard of torpedoes. Where do they call subs torpedoes?

I used to hear in on tv and in movies when I was a kid. Not since, tho.


How about a poll (with a regional notation) on what people call soft drinks?

Coke, soda, pop, or something else..........

As in, I'll have an orange coke..

[Maeve_Mari]

I used to hear in on tv and in movies when I was a kid. Not since, tho.


How about a poll (with a regional notation) on what people call soft drinks?

Coke, soda, pop, or something else..........

As in, I'll have an orange coke..

or a Grape Tonic

or just a can of Pop!

[Peach]

Looks as if the Subway franchise has overpowered the Philadelphia-area nomenclature "hoagie." I almost voted for "sub" myself before I remembered.

[Zelda]

I think Jeff means the softer rolls in a long oval shape, not the much crustier length of french bread. The sort of thing you get in M&S or Boots as opposed to Upper Crust or the bottom shelf in Pret.

I'm getting hungry now...

AAAAW Pret and M&S and Boots...thanks Lou make me food sick for british stodge!

[CarlKnoch]

Doesn't look too regional. Looks like at best there are little pockets of people calling it something other than a sub.