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On Fri, 29 Sep 2006, poldy wrote:

Blue pen mistake ! You were getting one "paninO" (singular). Or two (or
more) "paninI" (plural). Of course "imbottito/i" (filled).

They always serve them with two slices of bread in the US.

Argh ! Nobody will really consider a thing like that here, unless
toasted.

So it should technically be plural if it's suppose to be referring to
the bread instead of the whole sandwich?

No, because the real panino (imbottito) we make here is made taking ONE
piece of bread, say a small loaf (and technically THIS is the panino :
michetta, rosetta, ciabattina), cutting it in two parts (but it remains
one object cut in two) and filling it with salame, ham, meat, cheese,
etc.

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Giovanni Drogo wrote:

Argh ! Nobody will really consider a thing like that here, unless
toasted.

It is toasted.

On Sun, 8 Oct 2006, poldy wrote:

Argh ! Nobody will really consider a thing like that here, unless
toasted.

It is toasted.

Fully toasted or just slightly heated until it gets crispy ?

In the first case (sliced bread, toasted) it is what we call here a
"tost" or "tosto" (corruption from "toast"). Not a panino.

In the second case, it is a somewhat recent usage in bars and autogrills
to warm up also real panini. You order and they may ask "glielo scaldo
?" (do I heat it up for you). Of course you'd never heat a panino you
carry with you in a packet lunch.

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