I voted no, but I mean yes. Whereas if I voted yes, I would have meant no.
My theory is that open faced sandwiches aren't sandwiches, but they are open faced sandwiches.
It's like red licorice. My dad insists on telling me repeatedly that red licorice isn't really licorice at all. And yeah, I see his point. Yet, the name is still red licorice. That's just what it's called. You try and call it anything else (save a particular brand name), you get weird looks.
Similarly, a sandwich means two slices of bread. But an open faced sandwich means one slice of bread, even though it contains 'sandwich' in its name, it means something else.
An open faced sandwich is like having a spelling bee without the words.
Sandwich is defined specifically as " two or more slices of bread or the like with a layer of meat, fish, cheese, etc., between each pair."
The very act of openning a sandwich by definition removes the quality that MADE it a sandwich.
The real question is, does the noun sandwich derive from the act of the verb (to sandwich) or is the verb derrived from the phenomenon that is the sandwich?
My evaluation of a burrito not being a sandwich is not determined by the number of pieces of bread. After all, things stuffed in pita are called sandwiches. Burritos aren't sandwiches because you don't roll a damned sandwich.
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Date: 2006-11-13 05:45 pm (UTC)My theory is that open faced sandwiches aren't sandwiches, but they are open faced sandwiches.
It's like red licorice. My dad insists on telling me repeatedly that red licorice isn't really licorice at all. And yeah, I see his point. Yet, the name is still red licorice. That's just what it's called. You try and call it anything else (save a particular brand name), you get weird looks.
Similarly, a sandwich means two slices of bread. But an open faced sandwich means one slice of bread, even though it contains 'sandwich' in its name, it means something else.
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Date: 2006-11-13 05:49 pm (UTC)Sandwich is defined specifically as " two or more slices of bread or the like with a layer of meat, fish, cheese, etc., between each pair."
The very act of openning a sandwich by definition removes the quality that MADE it a sandwich.
The real question is, does the noun sandwich derive from the act of the verb (to sandwich) or is the verb derrived from the phenomenon that is the sandwich?
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Date: 2006-11-13 10:24 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2006-11-13 10:25 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2006-11-14 07:59 pm (UTC)