Is a hamburger a sandwich?

[sophie]

I already self corrected! Besides, as an alienated native I don't even have an America card, so now what?

You didn't think I'd check? You didn't correct nothin!

And if you don't like it then you can giiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiit out.

 

[Timsup2nothin]

You didn't think I'd check? You didn't correct nothin!

And if you don't like it then you can giiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiit out.

Well, I didn't go back and edit or anything. I don't hide my flaws. But after the picture of the box I did start spelling it correctly.

The thing about getting out is that to go out you have to go in somewhere else, and that takes paperwork. As an undocumented alienated native my only real choice is to stay where I'm at.

 

[Domen]

A Hamburger is a person, not a sandwich.

Unless you are a cannibal who tastes in Germans.

 

[BvBPL]

A concoction that involves some amount of flour which is then cooked in some fashion produces something that may be called a wafer or a cookie or whatever else you choose to call it...but it is still effectively bread. An ice cream sandwich is a sandwich. That's why it is called an ice cream sandwich.

[/pedantic use of italics]

An ice cream sandwich is ice cream presented in a form not unlike a sandwich rather than a sandwich that has ice cream. Sandwich is an adjective modifying ice cream. That's why it is not a sandwich per se.

 

[Camikaze]

So what would you call it if I took a slice of hot roast beef and put it between two slices of bread?

That would be a sandwich. The temperature of the contents is irrelevant. See: sausage sandwich.

What if I pile my cold cuts, cheese, and veggies in a bun?

That would possibly be just a bun, or depending on the shape of the bun, a roll. A burger is defined more by its contents than a sandwich is.

 

[Timsup2nothin]

Language is so different in different places. If a waitress offers me a roll and then brings me a sandwich I am going to be so disappointed.

 

[Gori the Grey]

An ice cream sandwich is ice cream presented in a form not unlike a sandwich rather than a sandwich that has ice cream. Sandwich is an adjective modifying ice cream. That's why it is not a sandwich per se.

This is absolutely unacceptable! "Sandwich" is not an adjective! And while in English almost any noun can serve as an adjective, it is precisely through antecedent position that a noun is able to operate in that fashion. In "race horse," the noun "race" serves as an adjective modifying "horse"; in "horse race," the noun "horse" serves as an adjective modifying "race." In "ice cream sandwich," then, "ice cream" serves as a modifier indicating what kind of "sandwich."

That's a sandwich. What kind of sandwich? An ice cream sandwich!

Hrumph.

 

[Takhisis]

It's easy.

A sandwich is a cold cut of meat/cheese/veggies between two slices of bread.

A burger is a hot beef patty in a bun.

A hot dog is a hot sausage in a bun.

A wiener in a bun. Not any hot sausage, but a wiener. And hot dogs can, technically, be sold and eaten cold.

By this definition, though, and as BvBPL has already outrageously asserted, an ice cream sandwich would not be a sandwich. D'y'hear? An ice cream sandwich not a sandwich.

Why you can't resort to Wikipedia for life's important questions.

So, new side question to the group: is an ice cream sandwich a sandwich?

The American continent is not America…

If I had to choose between semantics and (food with) cholesterol, I don't know where I'd come down, I love them both so much.

Anyone with a high enough VERBOSITY stat (especially people playing as a SEMANTICIAN) would be able to dual-class, man.

 

[Gori the Grey]

Anyone with a high enough VERBOSITY stat (especially people playing as a SEMANTICIAN) would be able to dual-class, man.

Well, as won't surprise anyone on this forum, my VERBOSITY stat is off the charts. But no, I find I must choose between eating hamburgers and nattering on.

 

[PhroX]

That would be a sandwich. The temperature of the contents is irrelevant. See: sausage sandwich.

Oh, I certianly would call it a sandwich, but I was wondering what Tycho would call it, given that he had specifically stated that sandwiches had cold cuts of meat etc. in them....