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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.