[Magdalen] How?

[Marilyn Cepeda]

It was basically a sandwich on a smallish bun.

On Friday, July 22, 2016, Sibyl Smirl <polycarpa3 at ckt.net> wrote:

> On 7/22/16 1:50 PM, F von Prondzynski wrote:
>
>> I am currently on vacation in the US, and have had to get used to the
>> different terminology again. What Americans call a sandwich would not
>> normally qualify in the British Isles. And yesterday I ordered something
>> with a ‘biscuit’ and got something entirely unexpected.
>>
>>
> Oh, what is a "butty", a "cheese butty" or a "bacon butty"?  Is that some
> kind of sandwich?  Or is the terminology entirely Liverpudlian, and not
> widespread UK?  I just read Cynthia Lennon's memoir, "John", and she keeps
> mentioning butties, in contexts of fast food or portable food, a term that
> I don't remember ever hearing before...
>
>
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> Sibyl Smirl
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Marilyn (Owens, Palmero) Cepeda