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MikeH

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Why do some supposedly educated, grown men and women insist on calling a sandwich a "sammich"?
 
It's internet speak. I have done it myself once or twice. It's meant to make people chuckle. :D
 
Education has nothing to do with it, nor does maturity. It's one of the nuances of the Americanized English language. Some have a better command of it than others. I've always gotten a kick out of people that would pronounce Washington as War-shington. I'm off to warsh my clothes. When did it become necessary to ad the R? :D I'm off to get my a sammich.
 
Crikey! Now it's in the OED no less......along with nom nom :eek:


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(Great.....now I'll be walking around NASA all day singing this stupid Nom Nom Song.......DOH!!! :mad:)


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I suppose you don't borrow books from a "Libary" or eat "sketti, b-sketti, or pasketti" either?
 
Why the complaining? If people can get used to LOL and BRB...why can't someone say "sammich" to humor others and themselves?
 
MikeH said:
Why do some supposedly educated, grown men and women insist on calling a sandwich a "sammich"?
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I don't know. I don't know anyone who does that.
 
As for me, speaking (and writing) proper English has gotten rather boring after 40ish years :-P

I often use "Archie Bunker English", especially at work. As you may recall, Archie used to accidentally substitute a word which rhymed with the intended word with humorous results. For example: How long did you think about it before coming to that contusion?
:-P

The quick witted get the joke immediately, the average witted get the joke most of the time and the dim witted think I'm not very smart (LOLOLOLOL).

I'm off now to buy a turkey Sammich for lunch! I need to watch my fats and cavalry count
:-P
 
I was almost 14 before I realized tennis shoes aren't "tenny shoes."
I'd never seen it spelled out before, and we were too poor to play tennis.
Now that I have that off my chest, I do feel better.
Time for a peanut butter and banana and bacon sammich.
 
Those must be the same folks who call a "knife" a "niif", or a "pizza" a "pitza".:D.
 
"Sammich" is just a joke. A lot of people pronounce it "sammich" (particularly our least favorite uncles for some reason) and some of us think it's a funny way to say it.
 
My dad says "sammerch." He also says "brefkist." I don't understand why, nor have I ever called him on it. We were raised in the same town and went to the same schools, and my grammer, spellin and diction are perfect over here. Maybe it's the agent orange from 'Nam.
 
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