On Sun, 13 Feb 2011 10:36:06 -0600, Melba's Jammin'
> wrote:

> In article >,
> Sqwertz > wrote:
>
> >
> > Hod dog, wiener, frank, frankfurter, tube steak... they're all
> > synonymous. But I'll accept that the same regional differences that
> > allows the different terms also allows the redundancy of "Hot dogs
> > with wieners".
> >
> > -sw
>
> I don't know that it's a regionalism. I was simply clarifying that my
> hot dog (the name of a sandwich) included a wiener rather than a
> frankfurter. I can see I'm going to have to call the guys at the
> butcher shop to find out what distinguishes one from the other.

I don't say this very often (errr, *ever*) - but he's right. They are
synonymous terms.
http://wiki.answers.com/Q/Is_there_a...er_and_a_frank
Wise Geek says sometimes one is longer than the other.
<http://www.wisegeek.com/what-is-the-difference-between-a-hot-dog-weiner-frank-and-sausage.htm>

So, they're regional terms. We don't call them "wieners" or "franks"
here. Maybe transplants call them something else, but I'm not around
when they talk about hot dogs.

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