hero etymology

[Victor Steinbok]

Don't we have the "sandwich" discussion every six months or so? I
believe last time it was connected to "spa".

     VS-)

On 3/18/2012 11:26 PM, Wilson Gray wrote:
> On Sun, Mar 18, 2012 at 5:16 PM, Laurence Horn<laurence.horn at yale.edu>  wrote:
>> Ah, but not in Philly, right? Â It's a "hoagie" there.
> It's a "hobo sandwich" in Saint Louis, wherein a hot dog made with a
> frankfurter is a "frank(furter) sandwich."
>
> --
> -Wilson

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