"American Taco"?

[Charles Doyle]

I know that Barry and others have touched on this point, but Rick's phrase "hot dog on a bun" mementarily unsettled me. To me, "hot dog" is the name of the sandwich itself, not the principal internal component--so I found myself envisioning a sausage (I'd call it a wiener or weenie) inside a bun inside a bun, a compound sandwich!

Isoglosses have probably been identified for wiener/weenie/frankfurter/frank/hotdog, but I wonder if they are current? Among 20-year-olds in Georgia, notwithstanding the Oscar Meyer jingle, the word "wiener" seems to be generally regarded as obscene, while "weenie" refers only to a dorkish person.

--Charlie
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---- Original message ----
>Date: Tue, 1 May 2007 22:07:37 -0700
>From: Rick Castello <rick at PUNK.NET>
>Subject: "American Taco"?
>
>     My wife just shared with me the term "American Taco", as used to describe a hot dog on a bun.  Anyone else seen or heard this?
>
>     -Rick

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