sammie

[ADSGarson O'Toole]

>From Know Your Meme:

http://knowyourmeme.com/memes/make-me-a-sandwich

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"Make me a sandwich," sometimes deliberately misspelled as "Make me a
sammich," is a catchphrase often used by male internet users to mock,
discredit or annoy female internet users, playing off of the sexist
trope[1] which states that women belong in the kitchen.
[End excerpt]

On Sun, Aug 17, 2014 at 8:37 AM, Jonathan Lighter
<wuxxmupp2000 at gmail.com> wrote:
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> Yeah, well, a fellow grad student in the '80s always talked about
> "sammitches," his intonation suggesting that the pronunciation was
> thoroughly affected rather than a natural, perhaps toddlerish, version of
> the cluster-rich "sandwiches."
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> That was in Tennessee. I'd never heard it in NYC, but maybe I didn't get
> out enough.
>
> In any event, no "sammie" for me till now.
>
> JL
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> On Sun, Aug 17, 2014 at 3:05 AM, W Brewer <brewerwa at gmail.com> wrote:
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>> [SAND-which] > [SAM-mitch] ~ [SAM-mee]
>> I recall hearing [SAM-mitch] a lot.
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