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Graviton_Lancelot t1_itaenyr wrote

what's a sando

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black_bass t1_itag2s7 wrote

Supposed to be a Japanese sandwich with Tonkatsu pork in the middle. Now I feel that people just call sando pretty much anything 😅

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_HumaneCentipede_ t1_itbriko wrote

It’s just short for sandwich, not short for only tonkatsu sandwich.

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JTech324 t1_itbpzta wrote

Slang for sandwich that has nothing to do with Japan It's clearly slang, could have come from anywhere. I started saying it because of Letterkenny

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[deleted] t1_itbe3ls wrote

A sandwich. Japanese simplified the pronunciation to "sando", and it seems people really want to make their sandwiches appear fancier by calling them "sando" too. Because, you know, Japan is popular and doing anything "the Japanese way" gives +100 clout points instantly (even if the only Japanese thing in it is freaking mayo).

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LorenN7 OP t1_itblz9b wrote

Im an Aussie and if i say ‘breakfast burger’ people correct me to ‘breakfast sandwich’ i made it in my home kitchen I’m not trying to make some Japanese bastardisation, its just a bloody breakfast sandwich/burger/whatever.

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philomathie t1_itbojh4 wrote

Yeah, sando is a pretty natural way for Australians to shorten their words too.

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trymypi t1_itc65m1 wrote

Wow I can't believe you called it mayo instead of mayonnaise, are you looking for clout points?

This is a really aggressive response to a very inane trend. I was in Portland, ME recently and "sando" was more common than "sandwich" and i didn't even think about the Japanese connection.

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interstat t1_itbt1tf wrote

It can be a plate of spaghetti but if you call it Japanese Reddit loves you

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ak47workaccnt t1_itbhnqb wrote

I didn't realize this trend had anything to do with weebs. S a n d w i c h.

Is this what cultural appropriation feels like?

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SNES_Punk t1_itdzer8 wrote

It's originally Japanese, but it's been adopted by foodie hipsters as a cool way to say sandwich.

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