Re: [YAEUT] Lexical variation survey
From: | Tristan McLeay <conlang@...> |
Date: | Monday, May 5, 2008, 6:08 |
andrew wrote:
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>> 12. a cold sandwich on a foot-long roll:
>> sub(marine), hero, hoagie, grinder
>>
> A filled roll, or a bun. The introduction of the SubWay franchise may
> change this.
I just assumed this was referring to sort the sort of thing you get from
a Subway. If you get it from anywhere other than a Subway, it's a roll,
or less commonly baguette. Describing it as "foot-long" was probably
leading.
>> 23. a piece of furniture with drawers for socks, underwear, etc.:
>> bureau, chest (of drawers), drawers, dresser, highboy
>>
> drawers, maybe a dresser, although I would expect this to have a big
> round mirror attached to it.
I agree (Australian). I was considering adding this and didn't.