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My brain defaults to calling this sandwich the “East Coast Spicy Italian” instead of its actual name. Is that because the adjectives are out of order? (lemmy.world)

submitted 8 months ago by Squorlple@lemmy.world to c/english@lemmy.ca

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Going off of this sequence of adjectives, “East Coast” would be categorized as origin (7) and “spicy” would categorized as type (9), correct?

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[–] Squorlple@lemmy.world 4 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Ah, ok. So it’s crucial to know that there is an existing type of sandwich just named “East Coast Italian”. That clears it up. Thanks all for answering.

[–] akilou@sh.itjust.works 3 points 8 months ago

I don't know if I've ever ever eaten at Jimmy John's, but my first reading of this was exactly that: that there must be a non spicy version and this is the spicy one. Must have been the adjectival order