Re: Souvlaki (was most looked-up words)

On Wed, Dec 08, 2004 at 12:51:09AM +1100, Tristan Mc Leay wrote:
> On 8 Dec 2004, at 12.29 am, caeruleancentaur wrote:
> Aside from the fact that I wouldn't've thought of describing them as
> sandwiches (sandwiches need normal bread to satisfy my definition), I
> always assumed Subway was so called because it originated in or near a
> subway (presumably in the American sense), and that 'sub' came from
> this. Then when you came up with 'submarine sandwich' just now, it
> looked like it was some sort of play on Subway's subs.
Nope, it's rather the other way around.  The sandwich was dubbed
"submarine" ("sub" for short) because it was shaped like a submarine.
The franchise name "Subway" is a play on that; other franches are called
"Sub Shop", "Great Subs", etc, etc.  Of course, Subway has
adopted a subway/underground theme for their restaurants.

-Marcos