{"id":4252,"date":"2018-10-18T09:34:56","date_gmt":"2018-10-18T13:34:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/?p=4252"},"modified":"2018-10-18T15:31:32","modified_gmt":"2018-10-18T19:31:32","slug":"is-a-hotdog-a-sandwich","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/2018\/10\/18\/is-a-hotdog-a-sandwich\/","title":{"rendered":"Is a hotdog a sandwich?"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_4240\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4240\" style=\"width: 291px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/aw101818-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-4240\" src=\"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/aw101818-1-291x300.jpg\" alt=\"Is a hotdog a sandwich?\" width=\"291\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/aw101818-1-291x300.jpg 291w, https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/aw101818-1.jpg 310w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 291px) 100vw, 291px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-4240\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Is a hotdog a sandwich?<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Humans seem to be fascinated by ambiguous classifications, especially about hot dogs. Here are other answers: <a href=\"http:\/\/bit.ly\/AW-hotdog\">bit.ly\/AW-hotdog<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/bit.ly\/AW-hotdog2\">bit.ly\/AW-hotdog2<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/bit.ly\/AW-hotdog3\">bit.ly\/AW-hotdog3<\/a>. The Oxford English Dictionary definitions of sandwich (<a href=\"http:\/\/bit.ly\/OED-sandwich\">bit.ly\/OED-sandwich<\/a>) imply that common usage permits broader definitions when those are accompanied by a modifier: e.g., submarine sandwich, open-faced sandwich. Maybe a hot dog is a sandwich when you say, &#8220;hot dog sandwich.&#8221; While you ponder, listen to this 1949 Louis Prima Band recording of &#8220;Yes, We Have no Bananas&#8221;; at the 2:40 mark you&#8217;ll hear how they said it in New Yawk. <a href=\"http:\/\/bit.ly\/YesNoBananas\">bit.ly\/YesNoBananas<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Humans seem to be fascinated by ambiguous classifications, especially about hot dogs. Here are other answers: bit.ly\/AW-hotdog, bit.ly\/AW-hotdog2, bit.ly\/AW-hotdog3. The Oxford English Dictionary definitions of sandwich (bit.ly\/OED-sandwich) imply that common usage permits broader definitions when those are accompanied by a modifier: e.g., submarine sandwich, open-faced sandwich. Maybe a hot dog is a sandwich when you &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/2018\/10\/18\/is-a-hotdog-a-sandwich\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Is a hotdog a sandwich?&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15,22],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4252","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-food-and-drink","category-riddles"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4252","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4252"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4252\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4262,"href":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4252\/revisions\/4262"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4252"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4252"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4252"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}