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In the US nobody would ever say "damn I could go for a sandwich right now" while entering a burger joint- that would be insane.
Sandwich is definitely an umbrella term covering burger, but since there's no word for "a normal sandwich" we usually reserve the word sandwich for the normal sandwich.
We do very occasionally call burgers sandwiches in certain contexts, such as when we are talking about several different sandwiches and one of them is a hamburger.
That usually only happens when talking about things like fish or chicken sandwiches at a burger restaurant. We wouldn't even expect the question "what is your favorite sandwich?" to be answered with "hamburger" - that would be sort of weird too. It's a very limited usage
Would it be weird? A burger is just a very very well known type of sandwich with a. Few extra definitional requirements. Maybe it’s an old person Midwest thing but two of grandparents always referred to burger joints as sandwich places. The rest of my family does not.
Why ham buhbuh called ham when it beef but if buhbuh is when beef why ham.
Joke aside, it’s because of Hamburg the place.
Steamed hams
Yeah I do feel like old people in the Midwest might call it a sandwich a little more, especially while eating or passing food or something, but would still always say burger if they were trying to pick a food to eat.
Do you want a burger or a brat? Etc.
Definitely, most people opt for specificity when it’s easy and the burger as a form of sandwich is quite possibly the most American way to be specific instead of vague.
Do you call a patty melt a burger or a sandwich?
Either a sandwich or a melt