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Angliholic Posted 18 years ago
Grammar

I'm loving it

0McDonald's wants you to think "I'm loving it" when you eat their sandwiches.02br
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00Is it correct to interpret "I'm lovign it" as "I'm enjoying it?" Thanks.0-
  

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0Yes, but even more so. 0-

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0Yes, but even more so. 02br
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00Not just enjoying it -- 01i00loving02i00 it!0-
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0Exactly - and you're not just loving the tasty sandwich, you're loving the entire McDonald's experience. 0-
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0Hi Delmobile, I find your choice of word interesting. Do native speakers refer to burgers as sandwiches? Come to think of it, what's the definition for sandwich?0-
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0A sandwich is anything between two pieces of bread. Technically a hamburger is a sandwich, but you're right, people call them "burgers" or "hamburgers." However, Mickey D's does sell other kinds of sandwiches - I think they have a grilled chicken one now. 0-
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0That's so cute. Mickey D's 05000 (When I first read it, I pictured Mickey Mouse, then McDonald's. And the two pictures combined which was funny)02br
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00I've just learned another new thing. I thought hamburgers only referred to burgers topped with ham and other ingredients. 02br
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00I know they have wraps which I don't think you would call th
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0In the UK, a sandwich is two pieces of bread sliced from a loaf (not a bun), with any of innumerable different fillings, almost always cold.02br
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00"Sandwich" for "burger" is not unknown here, but is (to me) very much an Americanism.0-
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0 I would not refer to a burger as a sandwich. I think this is "corporate talk". Corporations think that if they call a burger a sandwich it makes it higher class, but actually it's still just a lowly burger.02br
00(There's no ham in a hamburger, by the way. It's just a fried or grilled ground beef patty.)02br
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0Just out of curiosity, why are burgers seen as lower class than sandwiches? I never knew this. Actually, I've always thought the other way round. 02br
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00This is not a grammar question, so it's low priority.02br
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00Hamburgers with no ham ... that's a what do you call it... a hoax?0-
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01cite10New2grammar12cite10why are burgers seen as lower class than sandwiches?12blockquote
10 Perhaps that's just my personal impression. Hamburgers are cheap and simple to prepare. There is nothing elegant about ground beef. Sandwiches can be equally cheap and simple, of course, but they can also be very elaborat
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0Thanks, CJ for the explanation. For a minute I thought Frankfutter was a type of fastfood that I've never tasted. It's actually a hotdog 05002br
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00AH... you added the hot dog thing. Thanks, CJ. topic of the day for me.010id1241hrefhttp://images.google.com.my/imgres?imgurl=http://www.topdoghotdogs.com/shop_pics/German%2520Fran

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