Why are subway sandwichs called subs? Because they look like submarines?

Question

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Answer 1

Yes. You're right. Subway was originally called "Pete's Super Submarines", then "Pete's Subway" and then just "Subway".

The use of the term submarine for a long thin sandwich dates to the early 1900s when an Italian migrant named Dominic Conti brought this kind of sandwich over, and named them after a submarine hull he had seen at an exhibition.

Answer 2

A submarine sandwich (or just submarine where context would exclude the sea vessel, or even just sub) is any of various sandwiches made on a long roll or baguette (called "French bread" or a "submarine roll" in the U.S.) , so called because of its shape. The contents typically include meat, cheese, lettuce, tomato, and various condiments, sauces or dressings.

According to legend, the submarine sandwich was brought to the US by Dominic Conti, an Italian immigrant who came to New York in the early 1900s. He named the sandwich after a submarine hull he had seen on display. During World War II, the sandwiches were served by the thousands to soldiers at the submarine base in Groton, Connecticut which cemented the legend that the sandwiches originated in Groton.

Answer 3

They don't look like submarines to me.

Answer 4

Sub is latin for below or under. Hence sub-standard = below standard, sub-marine = below-water, sub-way = under-walkway, subterranean=underground, etc

Answer 5

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Answer 6

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