Not John Lennon at Wawa

[GAD]

 

[GGJaguar]

I thought this was going to be some AI deep fake thing, but the faux Yellow Submarine Peter Max-ish image works just as well.

 

[mavuser]

pretty funny that they call them hoagies in Jersey, when there is clealy an opportunity for play on words, with, "submarine."

either way the prop reminds me more of eating acid than food

 

[GAD]

Wawa started in Philly and South Jersey which is probably why they use the word hoagie. Usually around here we call them subs.

 

[The Guilds of Grot]

Wawa started in Philly and South Jersey which is probably why they use the word hoagie. Usually around here we call them subs.

Just for the record, it's Subs here in Central Jersey also!

 

[GAD]

Just for the record, it's Subs here in Central Jersey also!

Interesting. Does it change as you get closer to Philly I wonder?

When I was working in Bethlehem our favorite cheesesteak place was “Jay’s Subs”. My wife had roommates in college from Philly who would say “Hoagie”. I don’t know if I’ve ever actually heard someone say “grinder”.

 

[Rocky]

In Eastern CT, a sub is what they build in Groton. They would rather use grinder, which is second only to hoagie in ugly sandwich names.

 

[mavuser]

growing up around LI it was always "hero," actually. then one day maybe in the early 90's, a Subway popped up. that was honestly the first time I ever heard it referred to as anything other than a hero. it seems to have stuck ("sub")

 

[GGJaguar]

Yeah, it was always sub for me even when I lived in Kansas. Here in PA it's weird as I live in a hoagie vs sub transition zone.

 

[davismanLV]

Here in PA it's weird as I live in a hoagie vs sub transition zone.

Battling lines being drawn??

 

[davidbeinct]

In Eastern CT, a sub is what they build in Groton. They would rather use grinder, which is second only to hoagie in ugly sandwich names.

A proper grinder uses a nice hard roll that you have to tear into with your teeth. Maybe that’s why we call them grinders? I grew up with the name so it just seems normal to me.

 

[GAD]

A proper grinder uses a nice hard roll that you have to tear into with your teeth. Maybe that’s why we call them grinders? I grew up with the name so it just seems normal to me.

There used to be a sub shop where I grew up that used super hard rolls like that. I haven’t thought about them in years. Yum.

 

[davidbeinct]

growing up around LI it was always "hero," actually. then one day maybe in the early 90's, a Subway popped up. that was honestly the first time I ever heard it referred to as anything other than a hero. it seems to have stuck ("sub")

I suspect sub will stick more and more around the country. Regional differences in the US seem to be disappearing.

 

[The Guilds of Grot]

Interesting. Does it change as you get closer to Philly I wonder?

Yes, yes it does!

 

[RBSinTo]

Not surprising that John Lennon wasn't at Wawa, since it is a very small community near Lake Superior Provincal Park, not far from Gitchigoumi, the big sea water.
And while I can't swear to it, I don't believe the Beatles ever played or even contemplated playing there.
As for Hoagies, the ones you might be able to get up there probably have Moose meat in them.
RBSinTo

 

[walrus]

It was "grinder" for me growing up in MA. Then after my grinder at work I would get a drink of water at the "bubbler" in the hallway!

walrus

 

[fronobulax]

sub for me.

hero is a gyro which is a completely different food for me. But if I hear hero and see "loaf" bread and not pita bread I can figure it out.

I rarely hear hoagie and almost never hear grinder but at least I know what they are.

 

[GAD]

It was "grinder" for me growing up in MA. Then after my grinder at work I would get a drink of water at the "bubbler" in the hallway!

walrus

My mother grew up in Lynn and we lived in NJ so people constantly looked at her funny when she’s say things like bubnlah, cah, and say that drunk people were three sheets to the wind.

 

[davidbeinct]

My mother grew up in Lynn and we lived in NJ so people constantly looked at her funny when she’s say things like bubnlah, cah, and say that drunk people were three sheets to the wind.

I never knew three sheets to the wind was a regional saying.

 

[GAD]

I never knew three sheets to the wind was a regional saying.

Well, it's a sailing reference so I'd imagine it might be used anywhere there's a history of such. She also used to call Bilco cellar doors "bulkheads" (also a ship reference) which I've never encountered elsewhere.