banh mi

[Jesse Sheidlower]

On Tue, Jun 10, 2014 at 12:47:00PM -0400, Ben Zimmer wrote:
> On Tue, Jun 10, 2014 at 12:24 PM, Benjamin Barrett wrote:
> >
> > On 17 July 2000 in the archives, Michael Horlick mentions that Vietnamese sandwiches
> > are called "banh mi."
> >
> > Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Banh_mi) says they are found especially in areas
> > with substantial Vietnamese expatriate communities. I live in an area without such a
> > community and the local supermarket chain is advertising "Banh Mi / Lemongrass Chicken
> > or Pork" with Sriracha mayo and carrot daikon salad in the local paper.
> >
> > Wiktionary has an entry for the Vietnamese word "bánh mì"
> > (https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/b%C3%A1nh_m%C3%AC) but not the English borrowing.
>
> American Heritage and Oxford Dictionaries have already taken note.
>
> http://ahdictionary.com/word/search.html?q=banh+mi
> http://www.oxforddictionaries.com/us/definition/english/banh-mi

As has the OED, which cites a first example from 1985 in the SF
Chronicle.

http://www.oed.com/view/Entry/291068

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