re: chip butties

Jo, one of our early Members, writes to me today:

A word in daily use!

The clue is in the diminutive, it's a pared down sandwich with just the essentials. It especially applies to a bacon butty or buttie. In Manchester the chip butty (fries not what we call crisps) rules supreme.

A butty is a thin sandwich with/without butter and tomato ketchup. It's a breakfast or a snack at lunchtime or later, say after the pub.

A clever American-style sandwich, like a BLT with layers and posh ingredients like mayonnaise is definitely not a butty!

Jo