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The world just isn't the same without the likes of Victor Borge. "It's not my language, I'm just trying to use it," he would often say. Difficult enough for those of us that supposedly *do* speak the language (and even dialect)...
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Not to mention regional terms within the US.

How's a stranger to know that a HOAGIE, HERO, WEDGE and SUB all refer to the same sandwich on the East Coast? :-)

Rick

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