Sandwich Generation

[Laurence Horn]

>SANDWICH GENERATION
>
>    The Paul McFedries Wordspy word-of-the-day is "club sandwich
>generation."  "Club sandwich" is not defined and my work is not
>mentioned.
>    This is simply a spin-off of "sandwich generation," which Wordspy
>traces to the TORONTO GLOBE AND MAIL of May 18, 1978, from the NEW
>YORK TIMES (that article is 10 May 1978, pg. C1).

If I were to be considered a member of the sandwich generation, I'd
make sure I had access to the alternatives to club sandwiches
featured on a wonderful PBS show some of you may have caught the
other night.  It was sort of an American Tongue(s) Sandwich show,
covering regional specialties ranging from the pastramis of Katz's
Deli on New York's lower East Side to the Muffulettas and Po' Boys of
New Orleans to some other delicious looking concoctions in
Pittsburgh, St. Louis, and elsewhere.  (I think I'll take a pass on
Louisville's Hot Brown, unless it's better than it looks and
sounds--dInIs?)  Somehow, talking about their regional specialties
really seemed to accentuate the regional dialects of the speakers
(sandwich preparers and eaters) involved.  It's worth recording for
class use if they replay it.

Larry
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