Re: long, flat, full

--- In cybalist@yahoogroups.com, "Arnaud Fournet"
<fournet.arnaud@...> wrote:

> From: "david_russell_watson" <liberty@...>

[...]

> > Arby's serves a roast beef sandwich with au jus, or at least
> > they did when I worked there for a few months as a teenager.

> > I heard more than one customer in that time pronounce 'au jus'
> > as "oh juice".

> I have so trouble understanding how it can be both a "sandwich"
> and "au jus" ?

A roast beef sandwich is a so-called open-face sandwich. Put a
slice of bread on a plate, cover it with roast beef, and then
cover that with gravy; you now have a roast beef sandwich. They
are normally eaten with a fork.

[...]

Brian