sammich

[Jonathan Lighter]

When I arrived in Knoxville in the 1974 I noticed that grownups frequently
said "sammiches" in a lighthearted way. They still do. They also say
"taters," "maters," and "nanners."

My perception is that "taters" (by far the most frequently attested in
print) is the least jocular of the three, "nanners" the most.

For all anybody knows, they'll be standard Inglish in two hundred years.

JL

On Tue, Jan 11, 2011 at 7:09 AM, Tom Zurinskas <truespel at hotmail.com> wrote:

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> This reminds me that my son used to say "sammich" ~samich for sandwich.  I
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