down the middle or across

[Wilson Gray]

On Jul 22, 2004, at 3:25 PM, Beverly Flanigan wrote:

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> Poster:       Beverly Flanigan <flanigan at OHIOU.EDU>
> Subject:      Re: down the middle or across
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> No, no--we always cut sandwiches horizontally when I was a kid!  But
> when I
> got older, I learned it was more "proper" to cut diagonally (I never
> called
> that "across").

I have to testify on your behalf, this time, Beverly. I *still* cut
"sangwiches," as they're called in East Texas, horizontally.

-Wilson Gray

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> At 03:01 PM 7/22/2004 -0400, you wrote:
>> Cutting the sandwich across would definitely mean cutting it
>> diagonally.
>> And, fwiw, cutting it through the *other* (horizontal) middle seems
>> very very
>> freaky to me.  I would not eat that sandwich.  And I have no words to
>> describe
>> how such a sandwich is cut.  Just.... wrong.
>>
>> -dsb
>> Douglas S. Bigham
>> Department of Linguistics
>> University of Texas - Austin
>> http://hometown.aol.com/capn002/myhomepage/index.html
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