>>>>Why the hell are they called "subs" anyway!?
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>>>It's short for "submarine sandwich" because the shape resembles a submarine.
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>>>Tamar
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That's the way I remember it as well.


>>So they think a baguette-shaped sandwich resembles a submarine, so they remove the meaning once more and call the shop "Subway" (as in underwater channels)?

>I thnk subways refers to New York... because they make superior sandwiches ????? ~shrug~

It was called a submarine sandwich (sub for short) for a long time before Subway was born. Somebody had the very bright idea of re-using the "sub" to link it to a very well known piece of Americana. For those non-Americans (and those few Americans) who have never been in one.........a Subway franchise shop is decorated with maps of the New York City subway system. When they first came out I was checking them for the stations I used to get to work, Shea Stadium, Yankee Stadium, etc. A great marketing idea.

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>>You sure, cos that allusion is lame?
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>They should call it the torpedo sandwich. :)

They do!

http://www.thefreedictionary.com/torpedo

. torpedo - a large sandwich made of a long crusty roll split lengthwise and filled with meats and cheese (and tomato and onion and lettuce and condiments);

different names are used in different sections of the United States

hero sandwich, hoagie, hoagy, Italian sandwich, poor boy, sub, Cuban sandwich, grinder, submarine sandwich, zep, wedge, submarine, bomber, hero